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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2001
Amnon Kritzman, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Yael Bechar, Ein Ayala, IL;
Hadar Kessary Shoham, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Common Sense Ltd., Caesarea, IL;
Abstract
A kit for generating a biological sample from a discharge emitted from a portion of a body includes an absorbent pad for deploying adjacent to the portion of the body and a portable device for preserving and/or pre-processing the sample. The pad includes a sampling membrane configured to retain at least one biological material. The portable device has a housing formed from a base portion and lid portion which together define a sealable sample chamber for receiving the sampling membrane. An injector device is configured to be activated by closing of the lid portion to inject sample extracting solution into the sample chamber.