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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. 09, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 29, 1993
David W. Fisher, Texarkana, TX (US);
Other;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a device, kit and method for concurrent sampling of a fecal specimen and temperature measurement from a single rectal penetration. The device comprises an elongated, rigid, cylindrical sleeve with a partially cutaway distal end to form a scoop and a thermometer optionally inserted into a bore in the sleeve. The kit includes, in addition to the sleeve, a vial adapted to receive the sleeve therein for permitting analysis of the fecal specimen in the sampling scoop in the vial by enclosure thereof with the vial for containment of an analyzing solution in contact with the fecal specimen. The method includes inserting the sleeve into the rectum, obtaining a fecal specimen in the scoop, optionally measuring the rectal temperature, withdrawing the sleeve, securing the scoop end of the sleeve in the vial, and contacting the fecal specimen from the scoop with an analysis solution contained in the vial.