Patent ID: 8470609

Claim:
The novel testing device comprising: a transparent flat rectangular carrier with a front, back, top and a bottom; a groove extending from a first point to a second point, wherein the first point is closer to the top of the carrier than the second point and the second point is closer to the bottom of the carrier than the first point; the groove having a base opening closer to the second point than to the first point enabling fluidic communication through the front of the carrier into the groove and a bleed opening between the first point and the base opening enabling fluidic communication through the front of the carrier into the groove; a test strip installed in the groove with an absorbent sample pad of the test strip located in the groove and adjacent to the base opening and the bleed opening; a cover layer means attached to said back of said carrier operable to sealingly close the groove on the back of said carrier whereafter a liquid specimen can enter through said base opening to wet the sample pad of the test strip and changes in indications on said at least one test strip can be viewed through said transparent carrier.