Abstract: The present invention relates to a device and a method for collecting a sample of colorectal mucocellular layer excreted immediately following the natural act of defaecation from the surface of the anal area of a human subject, and preservation and analysis of the collected sample for detecting diagnostically informative disease biomarkers.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2012
Date of Patent:
September 20, 2016
Assignee:
Dianodus Limited
Inventors:
Alexandre Loktionov, Tatiana Bandaletova, Neil Anderson