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Stool sampling device

US4559949A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 15, 1983
Grant dateDec 24, 1985
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 15, 2003

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N33/521
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for collection of a stool sample to be used in the clinical evaluation of a patient for gastro-intenstinal bleeding. This device comprises a multilayered composite, which can be used in a manner analogous to toilet tissue, to obtain a stool sample which can thereafter be evaluated for occult blood.

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