Collection device for a fluid specimen
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1. A device for storing a fluid specimen absorbed in an absorption portion of a pad, comprising:
- a container for receiving said pad therein; and
means for selectively securing said pad inside said container in a first position in which said absorption portion of said pad is located approximate to a bottom of said container, or a second position in which said absorption portion is located distant from said bottom of said container.
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Abstract
A device for collecting a fluid specimen absorbed in an absorption pad, comprises a tube for receiving the pad. The pad is selectively secured to one of the two positions. In the first position, the pad is approximate to a bottom of the tube so that the pad can be immersed in a buffer solution for preserving the specimen. In the second position, the pas is distant from the bottom so that the fluid specimen thrown out from the pad under a centrifugal separating force will not be reabsorbed by the pad.
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1. A device for storing a fluid specimen absorbed in an absorption portion of a pad, comprising:
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a container for receiving said pad therein; and
means for selectively securing said pad inside said container in a first position in which said absorption portion of said pad is located approximate to a bottom of said container, or a second position in which said absorption portion is located distant from said bottom of said container. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Apparatus for collecting a fluid specimen, comprising:
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a tube having a bottom and an open end opposite to said bottom;
a cap for closing said open end of said tube; and
a pad having an absorption portion for absorbing said fluid specimen thereon and a connection portion connected to said cap;
wherein said cap is adapted to selectively seal said open end of said tube in a first closed position or a second closed position, whereby securing said pad inside said tube in a first position in which said absorption portion is located approximate to said bottom or in a second position in which said absorption portion is located distant to said bottom. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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- 27. A method of processing a fluid specimen absorbed in an absorption portion of a pad received in a collection tube, comprising a step of securing said pad inside said tube in a first position such that said absorption portion of said pad is not located approximate to a bottom of said tube.
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35. A collection tube for separating a fluid specimen from an absorption pad in a storage container, comprising a bottom having a hole therein, wherein said collection tube is dimensioned such that it is suitable to be placed inside said storage container and to squeeze, with said bottom, said fluid specimen out of said absorption pad such that said fluid specimen separated from said pad enters said collection tube through said hole in said bottom.
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36. Apparatus for processing a fluid specimen, comprising:
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an absorption pad for collecting said fluid specimen and absorbing said specimen therein;
a storage tube for keeping said absorption pad therein;
a collection tube having a bottom with a hole therein, said collection tube being adapted to squeeze said specimen out of said pad with said bottom whereby said specimen separated from said pad enters said collection tube through said hole in said bottom. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method for processing a fluid specimen, comprising the steps of:
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collecting said fluid specimen with a pad for absorbing said specimen therein;
storing said pad in a storage tube;
placing a collection tube inside said storage tube, said collection tube having a bottom with a hole therein; and
squeezing said fluid specimen out of said pad with said bottom of said collection tube whereby said fluid specimen separated from said pad enters said collection tube through said hole in said bottom. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45)
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