Apparatus for collecting fingerprints and buccal swabs
AssigneeLife Technologies Corporation
InventorsMichael Harrold, Lori Hennessy, Leonard Klevan
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Abstract
Disclosed are devices and methods for collection, labeling and matching biological samples containing nucleic acid in conjunction with collecting at least one ridge and valley signature such as a fingerprint or footprint of an individual. Such devices and methods are used in forensic, human identification, paternity, tissue typing, and screening technologies to rapidly process an individual's identity, determine the identity of an individual along with the genotype profile of the individual.
Claims21
A biometric data collection system comprising:
- a first component comprising a surface adapted to obtain a representation of an appendage of an individual;
- a second component comprising a substrate adapted to receive a biological sample from the individual, wherein the substrate of the second component is separate from the surface of the first component, and wherein the second component comprises a press above the substrate;
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- a processor communicatively coupled to the first and second components, the processor being configured to
- (i) convert the representation of the appendage into an electronically readable form based on identified details of the appendage of the individual label, and
- (ii) label either the substrate or a biological sample collection device comprising the substrate with the electronically readable form of the appendage.
A biometric data collection system comprising:
- a first component adapted to obtain a representation of an appendage of an individual;
- a second component comprising a substrate adapted to receive a biological sample from the individual, wherein the second component comprises a press above the substrate;
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- a processor communicatively coupled to the first and second components, the processor being configured to
- (i) convert the representation of the appendage into an electronically readable form based on identified details of the appendage of the individual label, the electronically readable form being distinct from an electronic image of the appendage, and
- (ii) label either the substrate or a biological sample collection device comprising the substrate with the electronically readable form of the appendage.
A method for matching collected biometric information comprising:
- providing surface for obtaining a representation of an appendage of an individual, wherein an impression of the appendage of the individual is obtained when the individual touches the surface, wherein the appendage is a digit;
- converting the impression to an electronically readable representation;
- labeling a substrate with the electronically readable representation or labeling a biological sample collection device with the electronically readable representation;
- transferring a biological sample from the individual to the substrate or collecting a biological sample from the individual with the labeled biological sample collection device;
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- matching the electronically readable representation from the impression to the labeled substrate or to the labeled biological sample collection device following transfer or collection of the biological sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.