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Sample collection and delivery device

US6926678B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1996
Grant dateAug 9, 2005
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B10/0051
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A specimen collecting device is disclosed. The device has an elongated foam member that is circumscribed by a hollow tubular member along a portion of its longitudinal axis. The hollow tubular member has a cross sectional area less than the uncompressed cross sectional area of the foam member so that the foam member is compressed along the circumscribed portion.

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