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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Alpha-tec Systems, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Inventors:
Richard Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Anne Frontella, West Linn, OR (US);
Mark Williams, Vancouver, WA (US);
Assignee:
Alpha-Tec Systems, Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/15 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/38 (2013.01); B01L 3/52 (2013.01); G01N 33/15 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a mucolytic tablet for a sample collection device that causes mucolysis of biological samples collected in the sample collection device. The mucolytic tablet includes N-acetyl L-cysteine (NALC), a pharmaceutically active mucolytic agent that reduces the viscosity of mucus containing biological samples. The mucolytic tablet also includes one or more chelating agents, water-soluble anti-adherent/s, and at least one buffering agent.