Patent ID: 8215192

Claim:
A sweat collector for application to a body part of a subject in order to collect sweat therefrom for purposes of analysis, comprising: a receptacle having an open side for application to the skin of the subject's body part from which the sweat is to be collected, a port for the introduction of a fluid into said receptacle and into contact with said skin for enhancing the removal and/or production of sweat thereat, and a valve normally closing said port; and a syringe for receiving said fluid and having an open end insertable into said port for introducing said fluid into the receptacle; said valve being normally closed, but being automatically opened upon the insertion of said open end of the syringe into said port; said syringe having a manually movable member movable towards said open end of the syringe for introducing said fluid in the syringe into said receptacle for application to the subject's skin, said manually movable member being also movable away from said open end of the syringe to withdraw the fluid, and the sweat collected in said receptacle, into said syringe for analysis.