Urine test device

A device for collecting, testing and transporting a liquid sample of bodily fluid or the like, which device comprises:

• a container having a continuous sidewall that extends between a bottom wall and an upper opening through which a liquid specimen can be collected, said container providing a main chamber for storing such specimen and an upwardly open subchamber which is a part of said bottom wall,
• a lid for closing and sealing said upper opening to said container,
• said lid having a depending hollow plug section that terminates in a temporarily closed central aperture at its lower end, said plug section, at a location near its terminus, sealingly interengaging with said subchamber to create a closed cavity of defined volume that is isolated from communication with the remainder of said chamber, whereby a liquid sample of defined volume within said closed cavity can be tested without potentially contaminating the liquid specimen in the remainder of said container, and
• a test element proportioned to be received within said hollow plug section for insertion downward through said aperture by opening same, which element has
• (a) a casing that has a lower end portion for entry into said subchamber to contact liquid occupying said subchamber,
• (b) said casing having a port in said lower end portion to allow entry of said liquid sample thereinto,
• (c) an assay arrangement within said casing, and
• (d) a wicking strip arrangement for transferring liquid from said defined volume of liquid in said subchamber to said assay arrangement which produces a response that is detectable exterior of said container.