Patent ID: 7282181
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: A61B,B01L

Abstract:
1. A fluid collection and testing device comprising: a cylindrical collection vial having a bottom and an open top; a fluid test card, insertable into said cylindrical collection vial and including vial bottom wicking fluid test strips; an expresser, which inserts into the vial open top, said expresser having a ribbed base, which passes fluid therethrough and a support member holding said expresser within said cylindrical collection vial with said ribbed base in a spaced apart relationship with the vial bottom, said vial bottom having a conical shape accumulating fluid and containing the fluid test card therein; a fluid collector including an absorbent member capturing a fluid, said absorbent member being inserted into said expresser and compressible against said ribbed base releasing captured fluid through said ribbed base and into the cylindrical collection vial bottom; and a catch mechanism latching said fluid collector to said expresser after insertion of the absorbing member into said expresser and enabling expansion of said absorbent member, after compression, to prevent dripping of fluid upon withdrawal of the fluid collector and expresser from the cylindrical collection vial.