Patent ID: 7473563
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A sampling and testing device for collecting an environmental sample and detecting an analyte of interest suspected of being present in said environmental sample, said sampling and testing device comprising: a base, said base defining a strip cavity, a wick cavity, and a window; a lateral flow strip disposed within said strip cavity of said base, said lateral flow strip having a mobile zone and an indicia zone adjacent said mobile zone; a sampling member having a handle and a wick assembly coupled to said handle, wherein said sampling member defines a solvent reservoir containing an elution solvent; wherein said wick assembly comprises: wherein said wick assembly is slideably engageable with said wick cavity of said base; wherein said elution solvent is initially contained within said solvent reservoir in a fluid-tight manner when said sampling member is fully engaged with said base; and wherein said elution solvent is released from said solvent reservoir into said wick through said slots of said wick holder when said sampling member is withdrawn from said base.