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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2012
Brett Niggel, Corry, PA (US);
Scott Jost, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Brett Niggel, Corry, PA (US);
Scott Jost, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Berlin Packaging, LLC, Chicago, IL (US);
Teclab Inc., Blacksburg, VA (US);
Abstract
A self-contained specimen testing unit consisting of a swab-tip with attached, hollow swab-stick, an outer, elongated, removable tube housing cover that surrounds and protects the swab-tip and swab-stick, a dropper removably secured to the end of the tube cover, a dropper cap, a piercing closure member, a rotatable base closure member coupled to the piercing closure element, a membrane member mounted in the base closure member, and reagent-solution storage container screwed onto the end of the rotatable base closure member and sealed by the membrane member thereof. A method of using the unit is also disclosed whereby the piercing unit pierces the membrane when reagent solution is to be delivered to the swab-tip.