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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. 17, 1987
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Frederic L Nason, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435295 ; 435810 ; 422 61 ; 422102 ; 128759 ; 604-3 ; 206438 ;
Abstract
A specimen collection and test unit has a fibrous swab tip at one end of an elongated hollow shank for use in collecting a biological specimen. The shank is carried by an elongated base of a resilient plastic material and containing one or more reagents which can be pumped through the shank to the swab tip by applying manual pressure to the base. An elongated cap removably fits onto the base over the swab shank and tip, with the cap including an additional reagent and a well into which the additional reagent can be delivered for contacting the swab tip.