Abstract: A method and apparatus for minimizing diagnostic errors due to transposition of biological specimens among subjects provides for independent biometric confirmation that a given specimen is from a given donor. In certain embodiments, a biological specimen confirmation kit comprises a portable and openable case housing components of the kit, at least one biological specimen container adapted to receive a biological testing specimen from a donor, and at least one reference sample device adapted to receive a biological reference specimen from the same donor, such that the testing and reference specimens can later be compared for donor match verification by a reference verification entity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 3, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 5, 2017
Assignee:
Strand Diagnostics, LLC
Inventors:
Peter M. Knapp, Jr., Travis A. Morgan, Theodore R. Schenberg
Abstract: A method and apparatus for minimizing diagnostic errors due to transposition of biological specimens among subjects provides for independent biometric confirmation that a given specimen is from a given donor. In certain embodiments, a biological specimen confirmation kit comprises a portable and openable case housing components of the kit, at least one biological specimen container adapted to receive a biological testing specimen from a donor, and at least one reference sample device adapted to receive a biological reference specimen from the same donor, such that the testing and reference specimens can later be compared for donor match verification by a reference verification entity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 12, 2014
Assignee:
Strand Diagnostics, LLC
Inventors:
Peter M. Knapp, Travis A. Morgan, Theodore R. Schenberg