Abstract: The present invention relates to an assay device for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte of interest in a sample, the assay device comprising: a) a housing that includes a liquid receiving unit that is adapted to accommodate one or more types of liquid; b) a mixing chamber adapted for containing a solution that is a product of one more types of liquid, and for receiving a sample to interact with said solution; c) an actuating lid which is capable of being actuated to enable the transfer of the liquid into the mixing chamber; and d) an assay means that is in fluid communication with said mixing chamber for determining the presence and/or amount of an analyte of interest in the sample after the interaction of said sample with said solution in the mixing chamber.

Abstract: The invention relates to a combined two-compartment device for diagnosing body liquids, which comprises: (a) an upper compartment for collecting and storing the body liquid; (b) a lower diagnostic compartment for diagnosing the body liquid at a diagnostic stage, said diagnostic compartment comprises a diagnostic strip; (c) an opening at the bottom wall between said upper compartment and said lower compartment, wherein said opening is kept blocked by a suitable valve until just before said diagnostic stage; and (d) a mechanism for releasing said blockage of said opening, thereby to allow flow of the body liquid to said lower compartment, and thereby to come into contact with said diagnostic strip and to affect the diagnostic strip accordingly.

Abstract: A fluid collection and sampling container is disclosed, comprising; a cup member; a lid assembly removeably mounted to the cup member and having (a) on a location on the lid an aperture with closure means useful for introducing sampling means into the container without removing the lid assembly, and (b) on a further location on the lid a cannula and needle member useful for receiving an air evacuated tube and piercing its stopper. Furthermore a method is disclosed, for extracting a plurality of samples from a sampling container using alternate sampling methods which include extracting samples by means of evacuated tube and extracting samples by means of immersing extracting probe into liquid contained in the container, wherein there is no need in removal of the lid assembly or of other members from the cup during the extraction of samples through the use of the alternate sampling methods.