Slide-in cassette for a cup for testing of drugs of abuse
First Claim
1. A specimen cup for testing fluid specimen, when fluid specimen is contained therein, said cup comprising:
- a container used to collect the fluid specimen and made of transparent material, said container having a circular top opening and a circular bottom being of uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front wall which is intermediate to said top and bottom;
said container having means integrated with the interior surface thereof which provide a receptacle inside of said container and adjacent the interior surface of said front wall which receptacle is designed to slidably receive a cassette,a cassette having a substantially flat front surface, which cassette is slidably received within said receptacle that is integrated within said container and that is located near said flat front wall, said cassette containing at least one test strip, configured to provide an indication of a characteristic of the specimen regarding a drug of abuse, when said at least one test strip is exposed to the drug of abuse, and having a window in said flat front surface aligned with said strip, said receptacle only slidably receiving said cassette with said window facing said flat front wall of said container so said test strip can be easily viewed through said window and through said transparent flat front wall while said cassette is disposed within the container; and
a lid configured to cover said top opening with the cassette inside, wherein said receptacle extends vertically below said lid.
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Abstract
A specimen cup (100) has slide-in cassette (102) hermetically sealed in a chamber (104), with a outer partition being transparent. The cassette comprised chemical test strips (106) used to provide testing of drugs of abuse or other chemical or biological substances. The cassette is designed to draw urine up from the front bottom of the cup, thereby reduces the amount of urine required to perform the test. Further the cassette is designed to form isolated test channels through the use of strategically placed vertical and horizontal bars which are hermetically sealed. The cup further comprises a spill prevention flap or float (108) and an optionally enlarged sample collection portion (110) for its operation. The windows of the test cassette are covered with transparent fluid-resistant plate to prevent urine from accidentally spill onto the strips.
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20 Claims
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1. A specimen cup for testing fluid specimen, when fluid specimen is contained therein, said cup comprising:
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a container used to collect the fluid specimen and made of transparent material, said container having a circular top opening and a circular bottom being of uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front wall which is intermediate to said top and bottom; said container having means integrated with the interior surface thereof which provide a receptacle inside of said container and adjacent the interior surface of said front wall which receptacle is designed to slidably receive a cassette, a cassette having a substantially flat front surface, which cassette is slidably received within said receptacle that is integrated within said container and that is located near said flat front wall, said cassette containing at least one test strip, configured to provide an indication of a characteristic of the specimen regarding a drug of abuse, when said at least one test strip is exposed to the drug of abuse, and having a window in said flat front surface aligned with said strip, said receptacle only slidably receiving said cassette with said window facing said flat front wall of said container so said test strip can be easily viewed through said window and through said transparent flat front wall while said cassette is disposed within the container; and a lid configured to cover said top opening with the cassette inside, wherein said receptacle extends vertically below said lid.
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- 2. A specimen cup for testing fluid specimen contained therein, said cup comprising a container used to collect a fluid specimen and made of transparent material, which container has a uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front face, said container having a circular top opening and a circular bottom being of uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front wall which is intermediate to said top and bottom, further comprising means integrated with the interior surface thereof which provide a receptacle inside of said container and adjacent the interior surface of said front wall which receptacle is designed to slidably receive a cassette, a container lid, and a sealed cassette which is received within said receptacle that is integrated within said container, said cassette having a substantially flat front surface and containing chemical strips means to provide an indication of a characteristic of said specimen regarding drugs of abuse, wherein said receptacle locates said cassette within said container with said flat front surface near said recessed flat front face so that a viewing area is provided close to said cassette front surface so said test strip can be easily viewed through said window and through said transparent flat front wall while said cassette is disposed within the container.
- 15. A specimen cup for testing a fluid specimen contained therein, said cup comprising a container used to collect a fluid specimen, said container having a circular top opening and a circular bottom being of uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front wall which is intermediate to said top and bottom, a container lid, a cassette having a sealed window in a substantially flat front surface thereof, which cassette is removably and slidably receivable in said receptacle in said container, which receptacle is designed to slidably receive said cassette, said cassette containing chemical test strips to provide an indication of a characteristic of said specimen regarding drugs of abuse, and a dam structure attached to said cassette and located so as to form a recessed pooling area in said cassette when said fluid specimen flows into said cassette'"'"'s open bottom end portion to form said pooling area, said pooling area being configured to expose said cassette'"'"'s interior test strips to the fluid specimen, while recessing the exposed portion of said test strips sufficiently within said cassette to minimize potential contamination of the test strips, said receptacle being located near said flat front wall and said container being made of transparent material so that said chemical test strips can be easily viewed through said window and through said transparent flat front wall while said cassette is disposed within the container.
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17. A specimen cup for testing a fluid specimen contained therein, which cup comprises:
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a container used to collect a fluid specimen, which container is made of transparent material, having a circular top opening and a circular bottom being of uniform circular cross section except for a recessed flat front wall which is intermediate to said top and bottom, and has a receptacle integrated with the interior surface of said container and located inside said container and near said flat front wall which receptacle is designed to slidably receive a cassette, a cassette proportioned for slidable insertion into said receptacle, which cassette contains at least one test strip that is created to provide an indication of the presence of a chemical component, for which said specimen is being tested, when said test strip is exposed to the component with said cassette being disposed within said receptacle within said container, said cassette having a window in a substantially flat front surface which window is aligned with said test strip and side edge regions of said cassette and said receptacle being constructed to only receive said cassette with said window facing said flat front wall so said test strip can be easily viewed through said window and through said transparent flat front wall while said cassette is disposed within the container; and a lid configured to close said top opening with said cassette disposed within said receptacle inside the container. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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