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OwnerOmer Deutsch, Raluca Cohen +2inventors
InventorsOmer Deutsch, Raluca Cohen, Yoav Neumann, Guy Krief
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Abstract
Apparatus for use with a body fluid includes a collector (130) configured to absorb the fluid, an indicator (146) configured to indicate that at least some of the fluid has reached the indicator (146), and a medium (148). The medium (148) provides fluid communication between the collector (130) and the indicator (146), so as to facilitate, while the collector (130) holds the fluid, passage of some of the fluid from the collector (130), through the medium (148), to the indicator. The medium (148) has a flow resistance, per cubic millimeter of the medium (148), that is greater than a flow resistance per cubic millimeter of the collector (130). Other embodiments are also described.
Claims97
A method for use with a body fluid, the method comprising:
- using a collecting tool that includes a collector fixedly coupled to a stem, collecting the body fluid into the collector, the collecting tool defining a pivot-point;
- using a fulcrum, supporting the collecting tool at the pivot-point;
- while the collecting tool remains supported at the pivot-point, observing an indication of a quantity of the body fluid that is collected into the collector;
- responsively to the indication, determining whether a predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has been collected into the collector;
- if the collector is determined to not have absorbed the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid, repeating the step of collecting;
- and
- if the collector is determined to have absorbed the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid, testing the body fluid that was collected into the collector.
Apparatus for use with a body fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a collecting tool, the collecting tool:
- defining a stem and a pivot-point, and
- comprising a collector fixedly coupled to the stem;
- and
- a fulcrum reversibly couplable to the pivot-point,
- wherein the collecting tool is configured such that while the collecting tool is supported by the fulcrum at the pivot-point, a tilt of the collecting tool indicates a quantity of the body fluid collected into the collector.
A method for use with a body fluid, the method comprising:
- collecting the body fluid into a collector that is fixedly coupled to a collecting tool, the collecting tool including a first ferromagnetic material;
- causing the first ferromagnetic material of the collector to interact magnetically with a second ferromagnetic material, such that:
- if a predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has been collected into the collector, the collecting tool assumes a first state, and
- if the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has not been collected into the collector, the collecting tool assumes a second state;
- observing if the collecting tool is in the first state or if the collecting tool is in the second state;
- responsively to the step of observing, determining whether the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has been collected into the collector;
- if the collector is determined to not have absorbed the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid, repeating the step of collecting;
- and
- if the collector is determined to have absorbed at least the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid, testing the body fluid that was collected into the collector.
Apparatus for use with a body fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a collecting tool comprising:
- a collector configured for collecting the body fluid, and
- a first ferromagnetic material;
- and
- a second ferromagnetic material,
- wherein:
- the second ferromagnetic material is configured to interact magnetically with the first ferromagnetic material, such that:
- if a predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has been collected into the collector, the collecting tool assumes a first state, and
- if the predetermined minimum quantity of the body fluid has not been collected into the collector, the collecting tool assumes a second state.
Apparatus for use with a body fluid, the apparatus comprising:
- a collector configured to absorb the body fluid;
- an indicator configured to indicate that at least some of the body fluid has reached the indicator;
- and
- a medium, the medium:
- providing fluid communication between the collector and the indicator, so as to facilitate, while the collector holds the body fluid, passage of some of the body fluid from the collector, through the medium, to the indicator, and
- having a flow resistance, per cubic millimeter of the medium, that is greater than a flow resistance per cubic millimeter of the collector.
A method for use with a body fluid, the method comprising:
- absorbing the body fluid into a collector;
- allowing a portion of the body fluid to pass from the collector and through a medium toward an indicator, the medium having a flow resistance, per cubic millimeter of the medium, that is greater than a flow resistance per cubic millimeter of the collector;
- observing that the indicator has provided an indication that at least some of the body fluid has reached the indicator;
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- responsively to observing that the indicator has provided the indication, extracting the body fluid from the collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.