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US 5,479,937 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.
Claims6
A device for obtaining oral fluid that contains substances for testing comprising:
- an absorbent pad for recovering a test substance from oral fluid;
- means for extracting from the pad oral fluid that has been absorbed into the Bad, wherein said means includes a syringe composed of a barrel, a plunger having an inner end to which the absorbent pad is attached, a fluid passageway at the outlet end of the barrel, and a detection reagent means contained in said passageway, effective to be released into the oral fluid when oral fluid is expelled from the barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.