Patent ID: 7225689

Claim:
A sample testing device comprising: a buffer container having an interior which receives a buffer fluid therein; a funnel collector having a securement; a test strip having an end held by said securement; a test strip container having a receptacle dimensioned and disposed to accommodate said funnel collector, so that when said funnel collector is accommodated by said test strip container, the test strip is disposed in said receptacle; a sample collector for holding a sample therein and which is shaped to receive said buffer container, said sample collector having a channeling member having a lumen, and a piercing member which, when said buffer container is placed in said sample collector, pierces said buffer container so that the buffer fluid in the interior of the buffer chamber contacts the sample and passes through the lumen to said funnel collector; wherein as the buffer fluid flows through the lumen of the sample collector the buffer fluid that has contacted the sample accumulates in said funnel collector and contacts said end of the test strip.