Abstract: Various embodiments of a swab device, system, and method are provided for measuring and assessing saliva flow in the mouth of a person. In one embodiment, a system includes a swab device and a measuring device. The swab device includes a handle portion and a swab portion, the handle portion being elongated to extend between a proximal end and a distal end. The swab portion is coupled to a distal portion of the handle portion and is sized and configured to collect saliva from the mouth. The measuring device is sized and configured to measure an amount of the saliva collected with the swab portion, the measuring device including a nesting portion integrated therewith. Such nesting portion of the measuring device is sized and configured to receive the proximal end of the handle portion of the swab device to measure the saliva collected therewith.

Abstract: A vaporizer includes means 11 which may be an electronically controlled solenoid valve to divert repeatedly a carrier gas into either a first path which goes directly from the inlet 3 to the outlet 5 of the vaporizer or a second path which enters a vaporizing chamber 13 to entrain volatile liquid vapor before re-joining the first path.

Abstract: A flowmeter of the type having a float 3 freely movable along the bore of a tapered tube 2 includes a source 8 of electromagnetic energy and a sensor 28 for detecting said energy when emitted by the source 8 axially along the tube 2. The arrangement is such that, for a given flowrate of fluid through tube 2, the float 3 will take up a corresponding position in the bore of the tube 2 thereby determining the amount of energy reaching the sensor 28 from the source 8.