Edward Mark Sullivan

US Patent:

20170131186, May 11, 2017

Filed:

Jun 24, 2015

Appl. No.:

15/321831

Inventors:

- Columbus OH, US
Edward J. Sullivan - Lewis Center OH, US
Thomas S. O'Donnell - Arlington VA, US

International Classification:

G01N 1/22
B01L 3/00

Abstract:

Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for a tamper-resistant collection and retention a chemical sample. In one embodiment, the tamper-resistant system comprises a container operable to collect and retain a chemical sample, a tamper-resistant mechanism operable to disengage at a first chemical sample to allow for a collection of a chemical sample, wherein the tamper-resistant mechanism is operable to record one or more of: a date, a time, and a location, of the chemical sample during the collection of the chemical sample, and wherein the tamper-resistant mechanism is further operable to re-engage and lock after the collection of the chemical sample to resist subsequent chemical samples after the first chemical sampling.