Patent · US Expired

Device for collecting and releasing saliva

US6416715B1 · kind B1 · utility

16Cited by

8References

37Claims

0Family size

Assignees

IT DR. GAMBERT GMBH · DE
Primed Halberstadt Medizintechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Rudolf Gambert · Wismar, DE
Norbert Neubauer · Nuremberg, DE
Kerstin Wex · Bocholt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 28, 2000
Grant date	Jul 9, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N2001/028
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for collecting and releasing saliva. The purpose of the invention is to provide sample device which is easy and safe to handle and which is configured as a disposable construction for use especially on medical diagnostics. To this end, the device consists of a porous unit which can take up the sample fluid and can be squeezed out. The unit is located inside a container which is sealed on one side at one end, and is arranged in such a way that it can be displaced out of said container at the other end which can be opened. The end of the container which can be opened is provided with a sealing cap.

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