EP4110179A4 - Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume - Google Patents

Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume

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Publication number: EP4110179A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: collecting; container; breath sample; controllable volume; controllable
Prior art date: 2020-02-28
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Pending

Application number

EP21759949.7A

Other languages

German (de)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP4110179A1 (en

Inventor

Christopher Quentin Purves

Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)

Picomole Inc

Original Assignee

Picomole Inc

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2020-02-28

Filing date

2021-01-28

Publication date

2024-03-20

2020-02-28 Priority claimed from US16/805,187 external-priority patent/US20210267485A1/en

2020-02-28 Priority claimed from US16/805,161 external-priority patent/US20210267482A1/en

2020-02-28 Priority claimed from US16/805,176 external-priority patent/US11957450B2/en

2020-02-28 Priority claimed from US16/805,156 external-priority patent/US20210267481A1/en

2020-02-28 Priority claimed from US16/805,142 external-priority patent/US11782049B2/en

2021-01-28 Application filed by Picomole Inc filed Critical Picomole Inc

2023-01-04 Publication of EP4110179A1 publication Critical patent/EP4110179A1/en

2024-03-20 Publication of EP4110179A4 publication Critical patent/EP4110179A4/en

Status Pending legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/08—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B5/083—Measuring rate of metabolism by using breath test, e.g. measuring rate of oxygen consumption
- A61B5/0836—Measuring rate of CO2 production
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
- A61B10/0096—Casings for storing test samples
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/08—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B5/082—Evaluation by breath analysis, e.g. determination of the chemical composition of exhaled breath
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/08—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B5/087—Measuring breath flow
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B5/00—Measuring for diagnostic purposes; Identification of persons
- A61B5/08—Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs
- A61B5/097—Devices for facilitating collection of breath or for directing breath into or through measuring devices
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61B—DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION
- A61B10/00—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements
- A61B2010/0083—Other methods or instruments for diagnosis, e.g. instruments for taking a cell sample, for biopsy, for vaccination diagnosis; Sex determination; Ovulation-period determination; Throat striking implements for taking gas samples
- A61B2010/0087—Breath samples
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M2205/00—General characteristics of the apparatus
- A61M2205/33—Controlling, regulating or measuring
- A61M2205/3331—Pressure; Flow
- A61M2205/3334—Measuring or controlling the flow rate
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61M—DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY; DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY; DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
- A61M39/00—Tubes, tube connectors, tube couplings, valves, access sites or the like, specially adapted for medical use
- A61M39/22—Valves or arrangement of valves
- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N33/00—Investigating or analysing materials by specific methods not covered by groups G01N1/00 - G01N31/00
- G01N33/48—Biological material, e.g. blood, urine; Haemocytometers
- G01N33/483—Physical analysis of biological material
- G01N33/497—Physical analysis of biological material of gaseous biological material, e.g. breath

EP21759949.7A 2020-02-28 2021-01-28 Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume Pending EP4110179A4 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (6)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US16/805,187 US20210267485A1 (en)	2020-02-28	2020-02-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device along an exhaust conduit
US16/805,161 US20210267482A1 (en)	2020-02-28	2020-02-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device
US16/805,176 US11957450B2 (en)	2020-02-28	2020-02-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using an air circulation system
US16/805,156 US20210267481A1 (en)	2020-02-28	2020-02-28	Apparatus and method for controlling a flow of breath to a sorbent tube
US16/805,142 US11782049B2 (en)	2020-02-28	2020-02-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume
PCT/CA2021/050091 WO2021168544A1 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume

Publications (2)

Publication Number	Publication Date
EP4110179A1 EP4110179A1 (en)	2023-01-04
EP4110179A4 true EP4110179A4 (en)	2024-03-20

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Family Applications (6)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP21759949.7A Pending EP4110179A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a container with controllable volume
EP21759861.4A Pending EP4110178A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for controlling a flow of breath to a sorbent tube
EP21759776.4A Pending EP4110177A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample
EP21760418.0A Pending EP4110180A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	An apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device along an exhaust conduit
EP21761561.6A Pending EP4110181A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device
EP21761687.9A Pending EP4110182A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using an air circulation system

Family Applications After (5)

Application Number	Title	Priority Date	Filing Date
EP21759861.4A Pending EP4110178A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for controlling a flow of breath to a sorbent tube
EP21759776.4A Pending EP4110177A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample
EP21760418.0A Pending EP4110180A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	An apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device along an exhaust conduit
EP21761561.6A Pending EP4110181A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using a metering device
EP21761687.9A Pending EP4110182A4 (en)	2020-02-28	2021-01-28	Apparatus and method for collecting a breath sample using an air circulation system

Country Status (5)

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EP (6)	EP4110179A4 (en)
JP (6)	JP2023516023A (en)
AU (6)	AU2021227721A1 (en)
CA (6)	CA3169780A1 (en)
WO (6)	WO2021168540A1 (en)

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