Patent · US Expired

Article for collecting and transporting a sample to be analyzed

US5895704A · kind A · utility

10Cited by

3References

18Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Boeringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rolf Lerch · Ilvesheim, DE
Gregor Bainczyk · Mannheim, DE
Hans Wielinger · Weinheim, DE
Jack D. Bush · Fishers, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 27, 1996
Grant date	Apr 20, 1999
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 27, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31504
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The subject of the invention is an article for collecting and transporting a sample to be analyzed; containing an absorbent matrix to absorb a liquid sample, characterized in that the absorbent matrix represents the sample collecting area of a sample collecting element, which is an integral part of an envelope. In addition, the subject of the invention is a process for determining an analyte, in which liquid sample material is placed on an absorbent matrix, dried, sent to a laboratory and tested there, characterized in that the liquid sample material is placed on an absorbent matrix that represents the sample collecting area of a sample collecting element, which is an integral part of an envelope.

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