JPH06148178A - Biological sample collection container for inspection - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Purpose] To obtain a biological sample collection container for inspection that can be stored in a fixed-size mail envelope for mailing a biological sample (feces) for inspection collected at home etc. to a laboratory as a fixed-size mail. [Structure] A main body (100) having a flat knob portion (102) and a sampling rod (101), and a flat tubular case (110).
And the maximum width and thickness of the flat knob portion (102) and the flat tubular case (110) and the total length of the flat knob portion (102) and the flat tubular case (110) are respectively formed into a fixed-size mail envelope. It is a size that can be stored and can be handled as a standard mail item when stored in a standard size mail envelope.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an inspection biological sample collection container for collecting an inspection biological sample (for example, stool) at home and mailing the collected inspection biological sample to an inspection institution. is there.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional biological sample collecting container for inspection described in, for example, Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-66071 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing the structure of a conventional biological sample collecting container for inspection.

Generally, in order to detect occult blood in a test biological sample (feces) using an anti-human hemoglobin antibody or the like,
Prior to testing, it is necessary to suspend a predetermined amount of the sample in a suitable liquid in advance. Therefore, a conventional biological sample collecting container for inspection includes a collecting rod 3 for attaching and holding a biological sample for inspection, a container 2, a knob / cap 4 holding the collecting rod 3, and a packing 5. ing. A groove 3a is formed near the tip of the sampling rod 3 to limit the amount of the biological sample for inspection adhered within a certain range. The liquid 1 for suspending the sample, which is injected into the container 2, is sealed by the packing 5 and the screw formed on the engaging portion of the cap 4 and the container 2.

[0004]

Since the conventional biological sample collecting container for injecting the liquid 1 directly into the container 2, the packing 5 and the screw structure of the engaging portion between the container 2 and the cap 4 are required. However, the structure is complicated and expensive.

On the other hand, in general, a biological sample for inspection is collected at home, and the collected sample is sent to an inspection organization for inspection. Therefore, the liquid 1 for suspending the sample is not injected at home and the inspection is performed. Injected at the institution. for that reason,
At the stage of collecting the biological sample for inspection, the sealing structure such as the packing 5 and the screw structure of the engaging portion of the container 2 and the cap 4 described above is not always necessary. Since the size is large, it is practically impossible to reduce the thickness to 1 cm or less when stored in a fixed size mail envelope, and there is a problem that it cannot be mailed as a fixed size mail.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a biological sample collecting container for inspection which has a simple structure, is small in size, and can be mailed as a fixed mail. There is.

[0007]

A biological sample collecting container for inspection according to the present invention comprises a flat knob portion having a width and a thickness within a size limit capable of being mailed as a fixed-size mail in a state of being housed in a fixed-size mail envelope. An engaging portion that is formed continuously with the flat knob portion and that has a width and a thickness that are respectively smaller than the width and thickness of the flat knob portion and that has at least one pair of engaging concave and convex portions; A plurality of recesses that are continuously formed in a rod shape and that are provided in the vicinity of the tip end for adhering and holding a biological sample for inspection, and the flat knob and the engagement part and the tip end that are provided in the vicinity of the engagement part And a sampling rod having a stress concentration portion for easily breaking when stress is concentrated to separate the sampling rod and the sampling rod without contacting the inner wall and having a width substantially equal to that of the flat knob portion. And thickness and the tab And a flat tubular case having a convex concave portion that engages with the concave and convex portion of the engaging portion provided at the opening end, and the total length of the flat tubular shape. And a label attached to the surface of the case for describing data relating to the biological sample for inspection.

[0008]

In the biological sample collecting container for examination according to the present invention, the maximum width and thickness of the flat knob portion or the flat tubular case, and the total length of the flat knob portion and the flat tubular case length Each size is within the size limit that can be mailed as a fixed size mail in a state where it is stored in an envelope. Specifically, each of these dimensions corresponds to a fixed size mail envelope (length 14 to 2
3.5 cm and width 9-12 cm) can be stored,
The thickness is 1 cm or less when stored in an envelope. Therefore, it can be mailed to the inspection organization as a fixed-size mail.

The tip of the collecting rod is stuck to a biological sample to be collected such as feces, and the biological sample is attached to the tip. After that, the biological sample excessively attached to the sampling rod is wiped off with a tissue paper or the like, so that a predetermined amount of the biological sample for inspection remains in the plurality of recesses provided near the tip of the sampling rod.

In the inspection engine, stress is applied to the sampling rod to break it from the stress concentration portion, and the unnecessary flat knob portion and the sampling rod to which the biological sample for inspection is attached are separated. Then, the sampling rod with the sample attached is placed in a test tube or the like filled with an appropriate liquid to suspend the liquid.

[0011]

EXAMPLE A biological sample collecting container for inspection according to the present invention,
A preferred embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3. In FIG. 1, (a) is a front partial cross-sectional view showing the structure of a test biological sample collecting container according to the present invention,
2B is a partial cross-sectional view of the same side surface, and FIG. 2A is a main body 100 including a flat knob portion 102 and a sampling rod 101.
FIG. 4 is a front view showing the configuration of FIG. 3, (b) is a side partial cross-sectional view, and (a) to (f) in FIG. 3 are diagrams showing a procedure for collecting a biological sample for inspection.

In FIG. 1, the test biological sample collecting container according to the present invention comprises a main body 100 and a flat cylindrical case 110. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the main body 100 further includes a flat knob portion 102 and a sampling rod 101.
Further, an engaging concave portion 102c and a convex portion 102d are formed below the flat knob portion 102 so as to be adjacent to the sampling rod 101. Engaging concave portion 102c and convex portion 1 of the rod-shaped portion 101
An annular groove 101b (stress concentration portion for cutting) is formed near 02d. Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of recesses 103, 1 are formed in the vicinity of the tip end portion 101 a of the rod-shaped portion 101.
04 and 105 are formed. On the wide side surface of the flat knob portion 102, a slip stopper including a convex portion 102a and a concave portion 102b, which conforms to the shape of the ball of the finger, is formed for easy grasping.

As shown in FIG. 1 (b), a convex portion 110a for engaging with the concave portion 102c is formed on the inner wall of the flat cylindrical case 110 near the opening. The flat tubular case 110 has a flat knob portion 1 having the maximum width and thickness.
The maximum width and thickness of 00 are almost the same, and both can be stored in a standard mail envelope (specifically, a width of about 20 mm,
The thickness is about 8 mm). Similarly, the flat tubular case 110
Also, the total length of the flat knob portion 102 of the main body 100 can be stored in a fixed size mail envelope (specifically, about 53 each).
mm and about 17 mm, and about 70 mm in total). Both the flat tubular case 110 and the main body 100 are molded from a resin such as polypropylene, and the flat knob portion 102 of the flat tubular case 110 and the main body 100 has a slight taper in consideration of resin moldability and design. Has been. A label 111 for describing data such as name and date of collection is attached to one surface of the wider one of the flat tubular case 110.

The sampling rod 101 has a diameter of about 3 mm and a length of about 45 mm. Groove 101b for breaking
Is provided, for example, at a position about 37 mm from the tip.
Recess 10 in the vicinity 101a of the tip of the sampling rod 101
As shown in FIG. 2, reference numerals 3, 104, and 105 respectively denote the outer peripheral surface of a cylinder, which is cut out, and has, for example, a cross-shaped cross section and one or more rib-shaped portions 109 in a direction perpendicular to the axis. Is formed in.

Next, a method of using the biological sample-collecting container for inspection according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in (a) of FIG. 3, first, a small amount of stool is collected on a tissue or the like, and then the main body 100 is taken out from the biological sample collecting container for the test as shown in (b). Then, as shown in (c), the collecting rod 101 of the main body 100 is pierced into feces, and a biological sample for inspection (feces) is attached to the tip of the collecting rod 101, and then as shown in (d). Wipe off excess biological sample with new tissue paper. Thus, the concave portions 103, 10 of the tip 101a of the sampling rod 101 are
4, 105 (shown in FIG. 2) to which the biological sample for inspection is attached, the flat cylindrical case 110 as shown in FIG.
Return to. Then, data on the biological sample to be inspected, for example, the address and name of the inspected person, the date of collection, etc. are labeled 111.
And the flat cylindrical case 110 as shown in FIG.
It is attached to the wide surface 110b. Finally label 111
The biological sample collection container for inspection with affixed to it is stored in a standard-sized mail envelope and sent as a standard-sized mail to the inspection organization.

In the inspection organization, the main body 100 is taken out from the biological sample collecting container for inspection that has been mailed, and a force is applied to the collecting rod 101 in FIG. 1 or 2 to concentrate the stress in the groove 101b which is the stress concentration portion. Then, the sampling rod 101 is broken from this portion to separate the flat knob portion 102 and the tip portion 101a to which the biological sample for inspection is attached and held. And
The tip 101a is put into a test tube or the like filled with an appropriate liquid to prepare a suspension of the sample (the above steps are not shown for obvious reasons).

It should be noted that the dimensions of the biological sample-collecting container for inspection described in the above embodiments are examples of the dimensions of the prototype manufactured by the applicant of the present invention, and the dimensions are not limited to these and can be used as a fixed-size mail piece. It goes without saying that it is only necessary to satisfy the dimensions that can be handled.

[0018]

As described above, since the biological sample collecting container for inspection according to the present invention does not inject a liquid for forming a suspension into the container, it does not need a sealing structure such as packing and can be formed thin. . As a result, it can be mailed to the inspection organization as a fixed-size mail in the state of being stored in the fixed-size mail envelope.

[0019]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a partial front sectional view showing the configuration of an embodiment of a biological sample collecting container for inspection according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a partial side sectional view thereof.

FIG. 2A is a flat knob portion 102 and a sampling rod 10.
1 is a front view showing the detailed configuration of the main body 100 composed of 1.
(B) is a partial cross-sectional view of the same side surface.

3 (a) to (f) are diagrams showing a procedure for collecting a biological sample for inspection.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a configuration of a conventional biological sample collecting container for inspection.

[Explanation of Codes] 100. Main body 101. Collecting rod
101a. Tip 101b. Groove 102. Flat knob portion 102c. Engagement recess 110. Flat tubular case 110a. Engagement protrusion

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Tomoya Matsuura 379-1 Motomachi, Gose-shi (72) Inventor Seiji Imaya 2-7-12 Nishiyamadai, Sayama-shi, Osaka

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flat knob portion having a width and a thickness that are within a size limit capable of being mailed as a fixed-sized mail in a fixed-size mail envelope, and a width of the flat knob portion formed continuously with the flat knob portion. And an engagement portion having a width and a thickness smaller than the thickness, respectively, and at least a pair of engagement concave and convex portions, and an inspection provided in the vicinity of the tip portion, which is formed in a rod shape continuously to the engagement portion. A plurality of recesses for attaching and holding the biological sample for use, and the flat knob portion provided in the vicinity of the engaging portion and easily cut when stress is concentrated to separate the engaging portion and the tip end portion And a sampling rod having a stress concentration portion for generating a stress-concentrating portion, the sampling rod is housed without contacting the inner wall, and the total length of the width and thickness substantially equal to the flat knob portion and the knob portion is fixed. Length that can be mailed as mail Then, a flat cylindrical case having convex and concave portions that engage with the concave and convex portions of the engaging portion at the opening end, and affixed to the surface of the flat cylindrical case, for describing the data regarding the biological sample for inspection. A biopsy container for inspection, which includes a label.