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US 2010/0136670 A1Published application
Sampling Method and Device
OwnerRobert J. Markovskyinventor
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Abstract
A test device configured for obtaining a sample from within a tube such as the one or more channels of an endoscope. The device can include an elongate sample probe and light blocking material.
Claims21
A device for detecting contamination on an internal wall of a tube, the device comprising:
- a) an elongate test unit body having a solid peripheral surface, a hollow, or partially hollow, inner space and a removable cover, the cover having an opening;
- b) a reading chamber at one end of the body and contiguous with the body;
- c) an elongate probe, the probe having a first end and a second end, the first end located outside the body and the second end located, prior to use, within the inner space, the probe including an absorbent tip at the second end, the cover opening providing the probe interface between the inside and the outside of the body;
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- d) at least one reagent for detecting a biomolecule,
- wherein when the cover is removed from the body the probe can slidably move backward and forward through the cover opening, the forward movement allowing the absorbent tip to move through the tube and the backward movement allowing the absorbent tip to be removed from the tube.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.