Abstract 1. A COLLECTION CONTAINER FOR ISOLATING A LIQUID SAMPLE FROM A SPECIMEN CONTAINER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL TUBE HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND INCLUDING AN APERTURE AT ONE END COMMUNICATIVE WITH SAID TUBE; CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FORMED RADIALLY AT SAID APERTURE END OF SAID TUBE FOR SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE INTERNAL CYLINDRICAL WALLS OF THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, ABUTMENT MEANS FORMED ON SAID TUBE ADJACENT TO AID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FOR ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS; AND FLUID RESISTANCE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID APERTURE TO LIMIT THE FLUID FLOW FROM SAID TUBE SO THAT WHEN SAID TUBE IS INSERTED INTO THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL CONTACT AND BE SUPPORTED BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO FORM A SEAL AGAINST THE INTERNAL SPECIMEN CONTAINER WALLS AND WHEN SAID TUBE IS REMOVED FROM THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL SEPARATE FROM SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO RELEASE THE SEAL FROM THE CONTAINER WALLS.
A COLLECTION CONTAINER FOR ISOLATING A LIQUID SAMPLE FROM A SPECIMEN CONTAINER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL TUBE HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND INCLUDING AN APERTURE AT ONE END COMMUNICATIVE WITH SAID TUBE; CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FORMED RADIALLY AT SAID APERTURE END OF SAID TUBE FOR SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE INTERNAL CYLINDRICAL WALLS OF THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, ABUTMENT MEANS FORMED ON SAID TUBE ADJACENT TO AID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FOR ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS; AND FLUID RESISTANCE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID APERTURE TO LIMIT THE FLUID FLOW FROM SAID TUBE SO THAT WHEN SAID TUBE IS INSERTED INTO THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL CONTACT AND BE SUPPORTED BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO FORM A SEAL AGAINST THE INTERNAL SPECIMEN CONTAINER WALLS AND WHEN SAID TUBE IS REMOVED FROM THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL SEPARATE FROM SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO RELEASE THE SEAL FROM THE CONTAINER WALLS.
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A COLLECTION CONTAINER FOR ISOLATING A LIQUID SAMPLE FROM A SPECIMEN CONTAINER COMPRISING: AN ELONGATED CYLINDRICAL TUBE HAVING AN OUTSIDE DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND INCLUDING AN APERTURE AT ONE END COMMUNICATIVE WITH SAID TUBE; CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FORMED RADIALLY AT SAID APERTURE END OF SAID TUBE FOR SLIDABLY ENGAGING THE INTERNAL CYLINDRICAL WALLS OF THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, ABUTMENT MEANS FORMED ON SAID TUBE ADJACENT TO AID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS FOR ENGAGING AND SUPPORTING AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS; AND FLUID RESISTANCE MEANS DISPOSED IN SAID APERTURE TO LIMIT THE FLUID FLOW FROM SAID TUBE SO THAT WHEN SAID TUBE IS INSERTED INTO THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, AND CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL CONTACT AND BE SUPPORTED BY SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO FORM A SEAL AGAINST THE INTERNAL SPECIMEN CONTAINER WALLS AND WHEN SAID TUBE IS REMOVED FROM THE SPECIMEN CONTAINER, SAID CIRCULAR DISC MEANS WILL SEPARATE FROM SAID ABUTMENT MEANS TO RELEASE THE SEAL FROM THE CONTAINER WALLS.