Patent ID: 6627790
Filing Date: 2003-09-30
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A collection device for collecting bodily substances from genital, anal or urinary regions, comprising a substantially flexible and comfortable member adapted to be positioned such that a receiving surface of said member is located substantially opposite a location from which a sample of at least one predetermined bodily substance forming part of a group of bodily substances is to be taken, a sampling filter being provided in communication with said receiving surface, said sampling filter being capable of selectively retaining at least part of said predetermined bodily substance for subsequent analysis thereof while allowing fluid substances to pass through said sampling filter,wherein at least part of said receiving surface defines openings, and wherein said sampling filter is located in said member and is adapted to be removed from said member by a user such that when a group of bodily substances containing the predetermined bodily substance passes through said openings of said receiving surface, the predetermined bodily substance is at least partly collected by said sampling filter, whereby once said at least part of said predetermined bodily substance having contacted said receiving surface has been collected by said sampling filter, said sampling filter is removed from said member for subsequent analysis thereof, wherein said sampling filter comprises a filtering strip removably engaged in said member with said receiving surface being adapted to allow the group of bodily substances to reach said filtering strip, and wherein said member comprises a sleeve at least partly open ended at one longitudinal end thereof, and an absorbent layer in said sleeve, said sleeve comprising said receiving surface, said filtering strip being removably received in said sleeve through said one longitudinal end and between said absorbent layer and said receiving surface.