US 2003/0195435 A1 · Method and apparatus for collecting and transporting capillary blood samples for diagnostic and research evaluation

Abstract

A method and collection and transport device for collecting biological samples, such as a blood sample, from a subject wherein the method and device include a body having a slide member mounted therein and movable from a first position wherein a collection well of the slide member is aligned to receive a sample from the subject to a second position wherein the sample communicates with a chemical reagent contained within a cavity of the body. The sample well and chemical reagent cavity are sealed from the exterior of the body when the slide member is in the second position. In preferred embodiments, locking means are provided to retain the slide member in the second position. In some embodiments, a lancet mechanism may be provided with the transport and collection device.

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Dependent claims

A method for collecting and transporting capillary blood and/or biological samples using a collection and transport device having a slide mounted therein and wherein the slide includes a sample receiving well which is movable from a first collecting position for receiving a sample to a second position in which the sample may be subjected to a chemical reagent contained within the device, the method comprising the steps of:

a. obtaining a small capillary blood or biological sample and placing the sample the collection well;
b. moving the collection well from the first position to the second position wherein the collection well is aligned such that the sample contained therein is subjected to the reagent within the device and such that the reagent and the sample are completely sealed within the device;
c. conveying the device to a testing facility;
d. at the testing facility withdrawing the sample subjected to the chemical reagent from the device so that the sample may be analyzed;
and
e. thereafter analyzing the sample and reporting the results of the analysis.

3 more elements

An apparatus for collecting and transporting a biological sample such as a capillary blood sample, from a subject such that a sample may be taken in a first location, placed in a device and the device transported to a second location wherein the sample is tested and analyzed, the device including;

a body having a channel formed therein spaced from an upper surface thereof, a first opening in said upper surface communicating with a first portion of said channel, a slide member mounted within said channel and being movable with respect thereto, means for sealing said slide member in fluid tight relationship with respect to said channel, a reagent cavity formed within said body and having a chemical reagent contained therein, means for communicating said cavity with said channel, a collection well formed within said slide member for receiving a sample from a subject when the slide member is in a first position wherein said well is aligned with said first opening in said upper surface of said body, said slide member being movable to a second position wherein said collection well is aligned such that a sample contained therein may communicate with the reagent contained within said cavity, and means for sealing said cavity but allowing a probe insertion into said cavity through said body such that a sample reacted with the chemical reagent may be withdrawn therefrom.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for collecting and transporting capillary blood samples for diagnostic and research evaluation

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Method and apparatus for collecting and transporting capillary blood samples for diagnostic and research evaluation

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Abstract

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