Patent ID: 7682833
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: A61K,B01L,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of sealing a fluid sample collection device, comprising: loading a fluid sample collection device with a fluid sample, said device comprising a housing having at least one substantially planar surface that includes an orifice in fluid communication with an internal fluid sample holding chamber which terminates at an internal capillary stop; slidably moving a sealing element over the orifice of the fluid sample collection device prior to insertion into a reader and over at least a portion of said substantially planar surface in a way that displaces any excess fluid sample away from the orifice, seals the fluid sample within said holding chamber, and inhibits the fluid sample from prematurely breaking through the internal capillary stop; and expelling a metered portion of the sample through the capillary stop.