Rapid test employing an adhesive slide
AssigneeLeonard Bloom
InventorsHoward N. Robinson, Francisco A. Tausk, Bruce S. Bochner, Neil F. Martin
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Abstract
A slide having a portion thereof provided with transparent adhesive which adheres to a test sample. The slide and adhesive may be transparent. Specific types of infection and particularly fungal infections can be detected in the test sample using immunotest-methods. In a special embodiment the adhesive slide is fashioned with a peripheral lip or well to contain a test sample and a reagent.
Claims6
A test slide for obtaining a sample for testing comprising a slide being provided with an adhesive surface capable of securing on said adhesive surface a test sample, and wherein the adhesive surface is contained within a removable peripheral lip.
A test slide for obtaining a sample for testing comprising a slide being provided with an adhesive surface within a well capable of securing on said adhesive surface a test sample, wherein the well is made of a flexible material such that when the concave portion of said well is placed over a sample to be tested and the well pressed down over the sample, the sample will adhere to the adhesive in the well and when the press is released, the well will return to its unflexed position and will be capable of receiving a reagent for testing the sample.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.