Patent ID: 8114027

Claim:
A method for collecting biological specimen to be analyzed, with a swab comprising a rod terminating in a tip, a layer of fibers of uniform thickness, covering the tip and disposed in an ordered arrangement and perpendicular to the surface of the tip by flocking, said layer of fibers having a thickness between 0.6 and 3 mm and a fiber count between 1.7 and 3.3 Dtex, in which said fibers define capillaries in said layer of fibers, conferring hydrophilic properties by capillarity to the layer of fibers, the method comprising the steps of: collecting a liquid specimen to be analyzed by absorbing a quantity between 40 μl and 100 μl of liquid specimen in said layer of fibers by capillarity effect; storing and transporting said quantity of specimen in said layer of fibers; and releasing a quantity of said specimen to be analyzed from said layer of fibers.