Patent ID: 11914131
Assignee: nan
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  A  C | IPC A  C  G

Claim 13:
14. A method of exclusively using only an electronic disease testing device for determining whether a test subject is infected with the disease, said electronic disease testing device having
a protective housing having an interior containing means for visually examining and optically determining whether a specimen is indicative of an infectious disease,
means carried by the protective housing for providing an indication of said disease,
a collector opening in the housing for releasable receipt of a specimen collector containing the specimen into the interior, said specimen collector having
a tubular body extending between a collection end and an examination end,
said collection end having a specimen receipt opening for receiving, within the tubular body, a specimen of bodily fluids coughed or otherwise exhaled from the mouth of the test subject through the specimen receipt opening for passage through the tubular body to the examination end for receipt onto a transparent examination tray, comprising the steps of:

removing a contamination prevention closure from e specimen receipt opening of the specimen collector;
having a test subject cough or otherwise exhale a specimen from the test subject's mouth and lungs into the specimen receipt opening;
conveying the specimen through the tubular body to the transparent examination tray for visual display for optical examination of the specimen from an exterior side of the examination tray opposite an interior side upon which the specimen is received;
after receiving the specimen onto the examination tray removing a contamination cover from the examination end of the collector protecting the examination end and the exterior side of the transparent examination tray; and
after removing the contamination cover from the examination end of the collector, slidably fully inserting the collector through the collector opening to enable visual examination of the specimen.