Patent ID: 8009882
Filing Date: 2011-08-30
Classification: A61B,G01N,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for collecting an image of a ridge and valley signature and a DNA sample of a subject, said apparatus comprising: a DNA capture film configured to collect the DNA sample non-invasively, the DNA capture film comprising a surface that collects the at least one DNA sample as the surface is engaged by the subject; an imaging system configured to collect an image of the ridge and valley signature of the subject, the imaging system comprising a platen through which the imaging system collects the image of the ridge and valley signature of the subject while the ridge and valley signature of the subject is engaged with the platen; wherein the DNA capture film is disposed on the platen of the imaging system such that as the ridge and valley signature of the subject is engaged with the platen through the DNA capture film to enable the imaging system to collect the image of the ridge and valley signature, the surface of the DNA capture film is positioned to collect the DNA sample from the subject.