Patent ID: 7308123
Filing Date: 2007-12-11
Classification: A61B,G01N,G06K

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for collecting at least one ridge and valley signature and at least one DNA sample of a test subject, said apparatus comprising: at least one DNA capture film for collecting the at least one DNA sample non-invasively, wherein the DNA sample is of forensic quality; an imaging system for collecting the at least one ridge and valley signature, wherein the imaging system comprises a platen and the platen is arranged in alignment with the DNA capture film, and wherein the ridge and valley signature is of forensic quality; the DNA capture film comprising means for simultaneously collecting said at least one ridge and valley signature and said at least one DNA sample, and opposed first and second surfaces, the first surface comprising adhesive, the film being removable on an individual basis; and a ridge and valley signature is collected by said imaging system from an energy wave transmitted through the film; means for specifying an identifier that links the collected at least one DNA sample with the collected at least one ridge and valley signature.