Patent ID: 6890484

Claim:
A test device, comprising: a) a sample receiving chamber having an open proximal end and a distal end; said sample receiving chamber comprising a valve structure, said valve structure comprising, in combination, a male outlet port and a female receptor outlet port which engage one another to control fluid communication between the sample receiving chamber and a test platform; b) a test platform that comprises a test element; wherein a sample can be added to said sample receiving chamber through said open proximal end; wherein said distal end of said sample receiving chamber engages said test platform; wherein said sample receiving chamber is separable from said test platform; wherein said sample receiving chamber, when separate from said test platform and containing a fluid, can engage said test platform and release said fluid into said test platform through said distal end such that said fluid contacts said test element; and wherein at least a portion of said sample can be transferred from said sample receiving chamber to said test platform by approximately or substantially aligning said male insert outlet port and said female receptor outlet port to open said valve structure.