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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2016
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 the same include randomly arranged sea-island bicomponent fibers which have randomly splayed terminal ends. According to certain embodiments, swabs and methods of using such swabs are provided so as to collect and release a biological sample comprising a liquid, wherein the swab includes an applicator and sea-island bicomponent fibers, and wherein at least about 50% of the fibers possess randomly splayed terminal ends of the islands of the bicomponent fibers along a length of about 10% or less from such ends.