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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:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 08, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiho Industries Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01L / ; B01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
422101 ; 422102 ;
Abstract
A method for collecting medical test specimens which includes placing a sample fluid in a cup container having an outlet and pressurization mechanism to increase the internal air pressure, disposing a specimen collection film so as to provide an airtight seal of the cup container outlet, and using the pressurization mechanism to increase the air pressure in the cup so as to force the sample fluid out through the outlet and capture specimens in the sample fluid on the film.