Patent ID: 7927548

Claim:
A specimen sample collection device and test system, comprising: a handle having opposing first and second ends, including a sufficiency indicator, and first and second uni-directional locking teeth disposed on opposing sides of said handle; an absorbent pad partially contained within said handle and extending out from said handle first end; a pad compression tube insertable over said absorbent pad and around said first end of said handle, said pad compression tube including one or more outlets and a plurality of locking holes on opposing sides of said pad compression tube for lockingly engaging said locking teeth, said locking holes spaced apart lengthwise on said compression tube to lock said pad compression tube over said handle first end in progressively tighter compression positions; and, a collection tube sealingly connectable to a pad compression tube outlet, said collection tube including one or more sample chambers, wherein when said collection tube is sealingly connected to a pad compression tube outlet at least one of said corresponding one or more sample chambers is in fluid communication with said pad compression tube and said absorbent pad.