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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2003
Dene Baldwin, Oxford, GB;
Ahmed Jehanli, Surrey, GB;
Christopher William Hand, Oxfordshire, GB;
Cozart Bioscience, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, GB;
Abstract
An oral fluid collection and transfer device comprises a collection device () and a test cartridge (). The collection device includes a frame or chassis (), and an absorbing pad () for absorbing oral fluid and which is secured around part of the frame with part of the frame protruding from the pad. A collapsible cover () covers the absorbing means and has apertures () for the ingress of oral fluid into contact with the absorbing pad. A cap () covers the part of the frame protruding from the absorbing pad. The cap and the cover latch together to surround the frame and the absorbing pad. The device also includes a fluid adequacy indicator () in the form of an electrical circuit with an LED () which is completed when the absorbing means has absorbed a predetermined volume of oral fluid.