Patent ID: 6780160
Filing Date: 2004-08-24
Classification: A61B,Y10T

Abstract:
A device, for quantitively collecting, preserving and mailing a specimen of fecal or other biological matter for later analysis, which comprises:a tubular vessel having a first closed end defining at least one sealed access port, a second open end opposite said first end and a transversal septum in a median portion of said vessel, said septum dividing said vessel into a first chamber sealed by said closed end and a second chamber accessible through said second end, said septum further having an axial passageway therethrough defining a given cross-sectional geometry; a stopper shaped and dimensioned to close said open end; a stick projecting axially from said stopper into said vessel and including a sample-holding distal portion extending through said passageway and into said first chamber when said stopper is secured upon said open end; and a cover releasably occluding said sealed access port.