Blood collection and testing method
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1. A nominally invasive, safe method for the relatively painless collection, transportation and testing of blood components from a man or animal comprises pretreating a portion of the skin of the man or animal to make it antiseptic;
- piercing the skin in that area;
bathing the area with a vehicle liquid and moisterizing a solid test medium;
collecting and transporting a sample blood and the vehicle liquid from the pierced skin area with vacuum assistance onto the solid test medium which has been moistened; and
then determining the test results.
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Abstract
A relatively painless method of safely collecting and testing blood comprises piercing a patient'"'"'s skin, bathing the pierced area with a vehicle liquid and collecting a sample of the vehicle liquid and any blood on a test disk in the apparatus. A novel disposable apparatus for practicing the method also is described.
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1. A nominally invasive, safe method for the relatively painless collection, transportation and testing of blood components from a man or animal comprises pretreating a portion of the skin of the man or animal to make it antiseptic;
- piercing the skin in that area;
bathing the area with a vehicle liquid and moisterizing a solid test medium;
collecting and transporting a sample blood and the vehicle liquid from the pierced skin area with vacuum assistance onto the solid test medium which has been moistened; and
then determining the test results. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
- piercing the skin in that area;
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