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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2014
Intelligent Fingerprinting Limited, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, GB;
Mark Hudson, Norwich, GB;
Nicholas Earl, Cambridge, GB;
Daniel Peterson Godfrey, Cambridge, GB;
John Dunton, Cambridge, GB;
INTELLIGENT FINGERPRINTING LIMITED, Cambridge, GB;
Abstract
A sample capture and transport unit comprises a housing defining a substrate chamber for containing a sample-capture substrate. The housing comprises at least a first part and a second part which are movable relative to one another ⋅ i) from a first closed configuration in which the substrate chamber is inaccessible; ⋅ ii) to a first open configuration in which access to the substrate chamber is enabled to allow capturing of a skin-print on a sample-capture substrate contained within the substrate chamber; and subsequently ⋅ iii) into a second closed configuration in which the substrate chamber is again inaccessible. The unit further comprises a retaining mechanism for retaining it in the second closed configuration. The retaining mechanism is disablable to permit movement of the unit out of the second closed configuration. A sample can be obtained at a first location, secured for transport and analysed at a second location.