US2005181518A1PendingUtilityA1

Sample collection method

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Assignee: ENTERIX PTY LTDPriority: Apr 28, 1998Filed: Jan 24, 2005Published: Aug 18, 2005
Est. expiryApr 28, 2018(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Howard M. Chandler
Y10T436/2575Y10T436/2525Y10T436/25375G01N 1/02Y10T436/25G01N 2001/028A61B 10/0038
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Abstract

An assay kit for testing faecal material, which comprises a sample collection device which is a brush or brush-like device having flexible or semi-flexible bristles, together with means for detection of an analyte in a sample derived from the faecal material.

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         9 . An assay kit for testing faecal material, which comprises a sample collection device which is a brush or brush-like device having flexible or semi-flexible bristles, together with means for detection of an analyte in a sample derived from the faecal material.  
     
     
         10 . A kit according to  claim 9 , wherein the bristles of the brush or brush-like device have a length of from 0.2 to 3 cm, preferably from 1 to 2 cm.  
     
     
         11 . A kit according to  claim 9 , wherein said means for detection is a test device for detecting occult blood or one or more other indicators of a pathological condition in the faecal material from which the sample is derived.

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