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US 5,339,829 AGranted
Oral collection device
AssigneeEpitope, Inc.
InventorsThomas R. Thieme, Andrew S. Goldstein, Stephen C. Piacentini, Nanette M. Klimkow
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Abstract
A device for obtaining oral fluid containing substances for testing. In one embodiment, the device includes a syringe having a plunger at the end of which an absorbent pad is attached. A test assembly containing the device is also disclosed.
Claims9
A device for obtaining oral fluid containing substances for testing comprising:
- an absorbent pad impregnated with the salts of a hypertonic solution, said salts being present in the pad in an amount effective to recover a high concentration of such substances from oral fluid, and
- means for extracting from the pad oral fluid that has been absorbed into the pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.