Device for collecting sample
US8221703B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2010 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 27, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0295
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a device for collecting a sample, which is intended to dispense a received sample onto a measurement strip. The device includes a main body and a pair of receiving pieces. The receiving pieces protrude from a first end of the main body in such a way as to be spaced apart from each other while facing each other, and receive the sample by capillary force acting on a space which is defined between the receiving pieces and which is open on right, left and bottom sides. The device allows the received sample to be easily transferred to a reaction zone of a measurement strip, and enables the sample to be completely absorbed by the reaction zone because of capillary force in a receiving area when the device comes into contact with the reaction zone of the strip.
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