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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Puritan Medical Products Company, Llc, Guilford, ME (US);
Terry Young, Guilford, ME (US);
Timothy Templet, Guilford, ME (US);
Paul Dube, Guilford, ME (US);
Todd Dixon, Guilford, ME (US);
Armand F. Lewis, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Yong K. Kim, Dartmouth, MA (US);
PURITAN MEDICAL PRODUCTS COMPANY, LLC, Guilford, ME (US);
Abstract
Swabs, materials and methods of making same, include randomly arranged sea-island bicomponent fibers. According to certain embodiments, swabs and methods of using such swabs are provided so as to collect and release a biological sample comprising a flock fiber tipped applicator wherein the flock fibers are sea-island bicomponent fibers attached to an end portion of the applicator with an adhesive selected from the group consisting of a photocurable acrylic adhesive and a polyurethane adhesive, the bicomponent fibers being structurally stable in water and the sea component of the bicomponent flock fibers being intact.