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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:
Mar. 05, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Walker M. Slaon, III, Berlin, MA (US);
Stanley N. Lapidus, Bedford, NH (US);
Assignee:
Exact Sciences Corporation, Maynard, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47K 1/100 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for obtaining a stool specimen. The apparatus comprises a housing, a collection bag, a slider to close the collection bag and a draw string to move the slider. A user places the apparatus on a toilet, deposits a first stool into the collection bag, then pulls the draw string to move the slider to close the collection bag thereby allowing the user to urinate or further defecate.