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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 2011
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2006
Applicants:
Mitsuru Hasegawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshikatsu Tomita, Osaka, JP;
Seiji Okamoto, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nipro Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/08 (2006.01); G01N 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The inventors perfected the present invention upon finding that a conventional fecal sampling stick is given a hollow structure that has openings a certain distant apart, permitting in aspiration through the capillary tube phenomenon. That is, the present invention is a feces collection container for collecting faeces as an analyte, which comprises a fecal sampling stick which has a holding part () at a base, a fecal sampling part () at a tip and is formed a hollow passage with openings at the tip and on the base side a predetermined distance from the tip.