pH measurement of body fluid
OwnerJames C. Caillouetteinventor
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Abstract
The method of measuring pH of vaginal moisture, which includes providing a pH indication, color comparison measurement, and swabbing structure on a carrier stick; manipulating the stick between its opposite ends, to obtain pH indication of vaginal moisture at one end of the stick; visually interpreting that indication to also obtain pH measurement of such moisture near that one end of the stick; again manipulating the stick between its opposite ends, including endwise reversing it, to swab the vaginal cavity in the area from which pH indication was obtained; and disposing of the stick, whereby disposition of the pH indication, measurement and swabbing structure is thereby obtained in one disposal step.
Claims20
In the method of measuring pH of vaginal moisture, the steps that include:
- a) providing a pH indication, color comparison measurement, and swabbing means on a carrier stick,
- b) manipulating the stick between its opposite ends to obtain pH indication of vaginal moisture at one end of the stick,
- c) visually interpreting that indication to also obtain pH measurement of such moisture near that one end of the stick,
- d) again manipulating the stick between its opposite ends, including endwise reversing it, to swab the vaginal cavity in the area from which pH indication was obtained,
- e) and disposing of the stick, whereby disposition of the pH indication, measurement and swabbing means is thereby obtained in one disposal step,
- f) said step a) including adhering an elongated pH indication strip to said one end of the stick and adhering an elongated pH measurement colorimeter strip to the stick adjacent said pH indication strip and in direct alignment with said indication strip and said swabbing means, each strip adhered to the stick to extend about the stick.
In apparatus for measuring pH of vaginal moisture, the combination comprising:
- a) an elongated carrier stick,
- b) pH indicating first means on the stick, at one end portion thereof,
- c) color comparison pH measurement second means on the stick, spaced from said one end portion thereof,
- d) the stick projecting freely from said first and second means for manual manipulation to first obtain pH indication of vaginal moisture at said one end of the stick, and to enable visual interpretation of that indication by color comparison with said second means, without manual release of the stick,
- e) the stick then being disposable to dispose of both said first and second means in one disposal step,
- f) said first means comprising a first strip adhered to said one end of the stick, and said second means comprising a second strip that extends lengthwise along the stick, away from one end of said first strip, each strip extending annularly about the stick, said strips being in direct endwise alignment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.