Medical assay cassette
First Claim
1. A cassette for assaying a human condition comprising a casing defining a cavity within said cassette, a viewing aperture disposed in said casing and extending to said cavity for viewing an indication of said human condition of a human, a blood well disposed in said casing and extending to said cavity for receiving human blood to be assayed, an assay membrane disposed in said cavity for absorbing said human blood through the blood well and providing said indication, said human blood diffuses from said blood well through said assay membrane towards said viewing aperture, wherein improvement comprises,a needle for puncturing said human to draw said human blood, said needle disposed in said cavity and extending outwardly through said casing of said cassette, said needle having a base end secured within said casing and having a needle end extending outwardly from said casing of said cassette for puncturing said human, anda covering means mounted onto said cassette, said covering means having a first cover position for exposing said needle end while covering said viewing aperture and a second cover position for covering said needle end while exposing said viewing aperture.
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Abstract
Over the counter assay cassette for clinical or home use for testing human conditions such as, HIV and Hepatitis B, having a blood well for receiving blood and viewing aperture for viewing an indication of the assay results and a membrane strip disposed within the cassette for receiving the blood and providing an indication of the human condition, is improved with an integrally disposed needle and an outer covering which, in a first position exposes the needle for drawing of the blood and exposes the blood well but covers the viewing aperture, and in a second position, covers the needle and exposes to the viewing aperture, so that, the human can view the results of the assay while the covered needle reduces the risk of secondary inadvertent puncturing by the used needle to reduce the risk of transmission of infectious disease.
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1. A cassette for assaying a human condition comprising a casing defining a cavity within said cassette, a viewing aperture disposed in said casing and extending to said cavity for viewing an indication of said human condition of a human, a blood well disposed in said casing and extending to said cavity for receiving human blood to be assayed, an assay membrane disposed in said cavity for absorbing said human blood through the blood well and providing said indication, said human blood diffuses from said blood well through said assay membrane towards said viewing aperture, wherein improvement comprises,
a needle for puncturing said human to draw said human blood, said needle disposed in said cavity and extending outwardly through said casing of said cassette, said needle having a base end secured within said casing and having a needle end extending outwardly from said casing of said cassette for puncturing said human, and a covering means mounted onto said cassette, said covering means having a first cover position for exposing said needle end while covering said viewing aperture and a second cover position for covering said needle end while exposing said viewing aperture.
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