Miraculins Inc.

Adi Diagnostics, Inc.

Imi International Medical Innovations, Inc.

Robert Zawydiwski

Peter Horsewood

Donald Heelis

Mark Semenuk

Skin cholesterol is measured by applying an adhesive tape onto a selected area of the skin to adhere the tape to the selected skin area and stripping the tape off the selected skin area to obtain a sample representative of the outer stratum corneum layer of the skin, the sample adhering to the tape so as to have exposed skin constituents. The sample is assayed using a detector reagent that specifically binds to cholesterol and in addition has an indicator component that allows quantitation of the amount of cholesterol present in the exposed skin constituents.

Direct assay of cholesterol in skin removed by tape stripping

Direct assay of cholesterol in skin samples removed by tape stripping

A device is described for expressing liquid absorbed by the tip of a medical swab. The device comprises a barrel and a plunger slidable within the barrel for squeezing the tip of the swab. Liquid is discharged through a flow channel in the container or in the swab shaft. The device is useful particularly to recover small volumes of swab-absorbed liquid where necessary e.g. to carry out clinical essays.

Medical swab device

Growing community of inventors

Stoney Creek, Canada

Robert Zawydiwski