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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:
May. 24, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1987
Mark J Devaney, Jr, Rochester, NY (US);
Thomas W Glanville, Churchville, NY (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
There is described a device used with a swab to extract biological material collected on the absorbent end of the swab. The device comprises a container having an internal surface defining a major cavity for confining an extracting liquid medium, and means in said container defining a notch extending into a portion of said internal surface, said notch being configured to receive a swab-like collector and to hold such a collector in said major cavity, said notch having one end that is deeper within said cavity than the rest of said notch, said end being configured to hold the absorbent end of such a collector, and centering means in said container for centering a pipette for aspiration of such extracting medium, said centering means being disposed generally about a line that intersects said notch at a point generally adjacent said one end.