Check Valve-Less Fluid-Transfer Collection Assembly and Method of Using the Same
First Claim
1. A method of using a fluid transfer collection assembly, comprising:
- providing a fluid transfer collection assembly including a base, a test media carried by the base, an inlet for receiving a sample fluid, an outlet, a fluid transfer path located between the inlet and the outlet, a movable first finger mechanism, a movable second finger mechanism operatively coupled to the movable first finger mechanism;
first moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to draw the sample fluid into the fluid transfer path;
then moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to transfer the sample fluid through the fluid transfer path to the test media.
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Abstract
A method of using a fluid transfer collection assembly includes providing an assembly including a base, a test media carried by the base, an inlet for receiving a sample fluid, an outlet, a fluid transfer path located between the inlet and the outlet, a movable first finger mechanism, a movable second finger mechanism operatively coupled to the movable first finger mechanism; first moving at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism relative to the path so that at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism engage the path to draw the sample fluid into the path; and then moving at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism relative to the path so that at least one of the first mechanism and the second mechanism engage the path to transfer the sample fluid through the path to the test media.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of using a fluid transfer collection assembly, comprising:
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providing a fluid transfer collection assembly including a base, a test media carried by the base, an inlet for receiving a sample fluid, an outlet, a fluid transfer path located between the inlet and the outlet, a movable first finger mechanism, a movable second finger mechanism operatively coupled to the movable first finger mechanism; first moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to draw the sample fluid into the fluid transfer path; then moving at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism relative to the fluid transfer path so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to transfer the sample fluid through the fluid transfer path to the test media. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A fluid transfer collection assembly, comprising:
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a base; a test media carried by the base; an inlet for receiving a sample fluid; an outlet; a fluid transfer path located between the inlet and the outlet; a movable first finger mechanism; a movable second finger mechanism operatively coupled to the movable first finger mechanism; wherein the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism movable relative to the fluid transfer path and each other so that at least one of the first finger mechanism and the second finger mechanism engage the fluid transfer path to draw the sample fluid into the fluid transfer path and transfer the sample fluid through the fluid transfer path to the test media. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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