Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Ira H. Donner
  • Foldable cardboard box for contact-free drying and long-term storage of biological evidence recovered on cotton swabs and forensic evidence collection kit including same
    Patent number: 6171260
    Abstract: A biological evidence collection apparatus provides contact-free drying, storage, identification, and protection against sample switch and contamination of collected biological samples. The apparatus may include the described forensic evidence collection kit which provides a set of tools for the collection and storage of biological evidence. The collection apparatus may also be used as part of a sexual assault evidence collection kit, or a kit for the collection of buccal swabs, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Assignee: Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Berne
    Inventors: Manfred N. Hochmeister, Henry C. Lee