Device for collecting liquid samples
AssigneeEnviteC-Wismar GmbH
InventorsMartin Eckermann, Martin Ullmann, Bernd Lindner
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for collecting samples of fluids, in particular of body fluids such as saliva, said device comprising an absorbent pad and two housing parts which are connected to the latter in a movable manner and can enclose the absorbent pad. The device permits easy and safe handling when taking a sample and when transferring the sample for testing for an analyte in the sample. The device can also be handled hygienically and safely by persons not trained in taking samples.
Claims18
A device for collecting samples of fluids, said device comprising an absorbent pad and two housing parts which are connected to the absorbent pad in a movable manner, said housing parts being arranged in such a way that, in a first position of the housing parts, the absorbent pad can take up the sample of fluid, and, in a second position, the housing parts surround the absorbent pad.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which the housing parts are connected to the absorbent pad via at least one hinge.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which the absorbent pad comprises pressed cellulose.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which the absorbent pad comprises a means stimulating the flow of saliva.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one test strip for detection of at least one analyte in the sample of fluid.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which the housing parts comprise a squeezing arrangement which, when the housing parts are moved into their second position in which they surround the absorbent pad, squeezes the fluid out of the latter.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, in which one of the housing parts comprises a storage chamber for a liquid.
The device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, comprising a display means which indicates opening of the housing after the housing parts have been moved to their second position in which they surround the absorbent pad.
Use of the device as claimed in one of the preceding claims, for collecting a sample of saliva.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.