Patent ID: 8585982

Claim:
A field colorimetric test device, comprising: a housing having a proximal end, a distal end, a central longitudinal axis, and at least one interior compartment; a sampling device configured to be associated with said distal end of said housing; at least one hollow vial, wherein each of said at least one hollow vial is configured to fit in a respective interior compartment associated with said at least one interior compartment, wherein each of said at least one hollow vial has a first and a second position; at least one breakable ampoule, wherein each of said at least one breakable ampoule is configured to fit in a respective hollow vial associated with said at least one hollow vial, wherein each of said at least one breakable ampoule is configured to hold at least one chemical reagent; at least one breaking device, wherein each of said at least one breaking device is configured at a bottom portion of a respective hollow vial associated with each of said at least one hollow vial, wherein each of said at least one breaking device is configured to break each of said at least one breakable ampoule when each of said at least one hollow vial is actuated to said second position; wherein each of said breaking devices are integrally formed in each of said at least one interior compartment; and a rotary selection dial axially-attached to said proximal end of said housing, about said central longitudinal axis, wherein said rotary selection dial is configured to rotate axially about said central longitudinal axis between each of said at least one interior compartment.