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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1996
Willfried Schramm, Battle Ground, WA (US);
Anthony Burgess-Cassler, Vancouver, WA (US);
Charles Haisley, Boulder, CO (US);
Saliva Diagnostic Systems Inc., Vancouver, WA (US);
Abstract
A sample kit and a method for collecting a sample of a liquid specimen for analytical testing comprises a sample container and a reagent vial. The sample container includes an open end and a capillary end with a chamber disposed therebetween which includes analytical testing strips and the like within the chamber. The reagent vial is provided with a penetrable foil seal over an open end and a reagent therein for receipt of the capillary end of the sample container. The method for collecting a sample of a liquid specimen for analytical testing includes the steps of bringing the capillary end in contact with the liquid specimen to be analyzed and then penetrating the penetrable foil seal over the open end of the reagent vial wherein the sample container fits within the opening in the penetrable foil seal in an air-tight manner forcing the reagent within the reagent vial into the chamber in the sample container and thereby in contact with the analytical testing strips.