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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 27, 1996
Rolf Lerch, Ilvesheim, DE;
Gregor Bainczyk, Mannheim, DE;
Hans Wielinger, Weinheim, DE;
Jack Bush, Fishers, IN (US);
Boeringer Mannheim GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The subject of the invention is an article for collecting and transporting a sample to be analyzed; containing an absorbent matrix to absorb a liquid sample, characterized in that the absorbent matrix represents the sample collecting area of a sample collecting element, which is an integral part of an envelope. In addition, the subject of the invention is a process for determining an analyte, in which liquid sample material is placed on an absorbent matrix, dried, sent to a laboratory and tested there, characterized in that the liquid sample material is placed on an absorbent matrix that represents the sample collecting area of a sample collecting element, which is an integral part of an envelope.