Swab for collecting biological specimens
AssigneeCopan Italia S.p.A.
InventorDaniele Triva
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a swab for collecting biological specimens of the type consisting of a rod terminating in a tip covered with fibre with hydrophilic properties to allow absorption of said specimens, wherein said fibers covers said tip in the form of a layer deposited by flocking.
Claims25
A biological specimen collection swab configured for collecting biological specimen to be analyzed, the swab comprising:
- a rod terminating in a tip;
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- a layer of fibers disposed on a surface of said tip by flocking with a flocking technique in which the fibers were deposited, in an electrostatic field, in an ordered manner perpendicularly to the surface of the tip of the rod, said layer of fibers having a thickness of 0.6 to 3 mm and being configured to be capable of absorbing a quantity of 40 μl of liquid specimen on said tip of the rod by capillarity.
A method of collecting a biological specimen to be analyzed, the method comprising using a swab comprising a rod terminating in a tip in which a layer of fibers is disposed by flocking on a surface of the tip of the rod, with a flocking technique in which the fibers were deposited, in an electrostatic field, in an ordered manner perpendicularly to the surface of the tip of the swab rod, the layer of fibers having a thickness of 0.6 to 3 mm and being configured to absorb a quantity of 40 μl of liquid specimen on said tip of the rod by capillarity;
- and collecting a specimen to be analyzed by absorbing 40 μl of liquid specimen in said layer of fibers disposed on the tip of the rod.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.