Collection device and material
AssigneePuritan Medical Products Company, LLC
InventorsTerry Young, Timothy Templet, Paul Dube, Todd Dixon, Armand F. Lewis, Yong K. Kim
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Abstract
Swabs, materials and methods of making the same include randomly arranged sea-island bicomponent fibers which have randomly splayed terminal ends. According to certain embodiments, swabs and methods of using such swabs are provided so as to collect and release a biological sample comprising a liquid, wherein the swab includes an applicator and sea-island bicomponent fibers, and wherein at least about 50% of the fibers possess randomly splayed terminal ends of the islands of the bicomponent fibers along a length of about 10% or less from such ends.
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A swab constructed to collect and release a biological sample comprising a liquid, said swab comprising an applicator and sea-island bicomponent fibers, wherein at least about 50% of the fibers comprise randomly splayed terminal ends of the islands of said bicomponent fibers along a length of about 10% or less from said ends.
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