Device for detecting disease markers
CA 2055707 A1 · Owner: Guirguis, Raouf A. · Inventors: Guirguis, Raouf A.
Overview
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An apparatus for collecting biological fluids and holding samples taken from a biological fluid for qualitative and quantitative testing. The apparatus comprises a tubular container open at both ends with a quantitative test storage unit removably secured to one of said tubular container ends. The quantitative test storage unit has an open end, a cytology membrane mounted in the storage unit and a retaining rib. A shuttle assembly is slidably mounted in the tubular container comprising a cylindrical hollow piston defining a chamber a thumb cover, covering one end of the piston and a fluid flow aperture formed in the piston and a qualitative sample container assembly removably secured to the …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 15, 1991. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 15, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 15, 2013.
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