Patent ID: 7780915
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A fecal test device comprising: a. a sample collection structure; b. a sample collection housing comprising a puncturable barrier, wherein said sample collection housing is capable of reversibly housing said sample collection structure; c. a fecal suspension solution capable of substantially dissolving or solublizing a fecal sample, wherein the dissolved or solublized fecal sample may be stored in said sample collection housing for later testing; d. a detection housing comprising a piercing structure positioned at the bottom of said detection housing, said piercing structure capable of piercing through said puncturable barrier, wherein said detection housing is capable of attachment to said sample collection housing by insertion of said piercing structure through said puncturable barrier and into said collection housing, wherein upon attachment said sample collection housing and said detection housing are in fluid communication, further wherein upon attachment said fecal suspension solution is volumetrically displaced upwards and against gravity from said sample collection housing into said detection housing by the presence of said piercing structure; e. a labeled analyte binding compound capable of binding an analyte of interest, further wherein said labeled analyte binding compound is provided in a dried state and is capable of suspension upon exposure to said fecal suspension solution; and f. an analyte detection means capable of detecting said analyte of interest bound to said labeled analyte binding compound, wherein said analyte detection means is positioned entirely within said detection housing for upward migration of said fecal suspension solution; wherein the fecal test device comprises a storage configuration and a detection configuration, further wherein said storage configuration comprises: further wherein said detection configuration comprises: further wherein the test device is a closed system in both said storage configuration and said detection configuration, which prevents exposure of said fecal sample to the outside environment in each configuration.