Patent ID: 8119419

Claim:
A method of using a fluid transfer collection assembly, comprising: providing a fluid transfer collection assembly including a base, a test media carried by the base, an inlet for receiving a sample fluid, an outlet, a fluid transfer path located between the inlet and the outlet, a movable and slidable first finger mechanism, a movable and slidable second finger mechanism operatively coupled to the movable first finger mechanism; first moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to draw the sample fluid into the fluid transfer path; then moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to transfer the sample fluid through the fluid transfer path to the test media, wherein the base includes a ramp assembly adjacent the inlet, the first finger mechanism includes a first flexible resilient engagement finger, and the second finger mechanism includes a second flexible resilient engagement finger, and the method further including starting with the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism in a home position, the home position including the first flexible resilient engagement finger urged upwards by the ramp assembly and the second flexible resilient engagement finger engaging the fluid transfer path.