Patrick Sislian,Ramzi Nasr,Laura Luhede,Stephen Allen Chapman
申请号:
US14773952
公开号:
US10080857B2
申请日:
2014.03.12
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
Systems and methods for collecting samples from a patient for diagnosis are provided. In many embodiments, the sample collection and analysis system concentrates particles emanating from a patients cough, sneeze, or breathe in a sample for the diagnosis of a respiratory tract infection or other ailment of the patient. The sample collection and analysis system has a pre-collection assembly (that is patient interface, a collector in fluid communication with a sample reservoir that function in combination to: efficiently capture the volume of air expelled from the subject, direct the expelled air towards a sample reservoir, and separate the desired particle sizes from the expelled air into the sample reservoir.