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Blood collection and testing method

  • US 5,014,718 A
  • Filed: 09/22/1989
  • Issued: 05/14/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1988
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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