Patent ID: 7257991

Claim:
A sample testing device, comprising: a buffer container having an interior which receives a buffer fluid therein and a weakened portion; a test strip having an end; a filter holding the end of the test strip; a test strip container having a receptacle dimensioned and disposed to accommodate said filter, so that when said filter 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, wherein when the buffer container is squeezed, the weakened portion fails and the buffer fluid in the interior of the buffer container contacts the sample and passes through the lumen to said filter, wherein as the buffer fluid flows through the lumen of the sample collector, the buffer fluid contacts the sample and then flows directly through the filter to the test strip.