Patent ID: 7305896

Claim:
A device for receiving a sample of liquid, comprising: a body comprising opposed first and second major external surfaces each defining a periphery, and a peripheral wall joining the peripheries of the major surfaces; a conduit extending from an outlet of a sample-receiving recess into an interior of the body between the first and second major surfaces, the conduit being arranged so as to allow the liquid to pass from the outlet into the conduit by capillary action, and the conduit defining a conduit axis that runs along its length; and the sample-receiving recess located in the body adjacent to the periphery of the first major surface of the body, the recess having a lower surface and an inlet, the lower surface being disposed on an opposite side of the conduit axis from the first major surface, being substantially parallel to the first major surface and being outwardly exposed along an axis perpendicular to the conduit axis, the inlet being defined in part by the peripheral wall of the first major surface, the outlet being spaced apart from the peripheral wall of the first major surface within the body, and a width of the recess decreasing from the inlet to the outlet, a maximum width of the conduit no greater than a minimum width of the recess.