Susan G Stern

US Patent:

57358087, Apr 7, 1998

Filed:

Jul 10, 1996

Appl. No.:

8/687100

Inventors:

Felix A. Delgado - Moorpark CA
Susan M. Stern - Chatsworth CA

Assignee:

The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration - Washington DC

International Classification:

A61M 3500

US Classification:

604 1

Abstract:

A contamination sample collection device has a wooden dowel with a cotton swab at one end, the cotton being covered by a nylon cloth and the wooden dowel being encapsulated by plastic tubing which is heat shrunk onto the dowel and onto a portion of the cotton swab to secure the cotton in place. Another plastic tube is heat shrunk onto the plastic that encapsulates the dowel and a portion of the nylon cloth to secure the nylon cloth in place. The device may thereafter be covered with aluminum foil protector. The device may be used for obtaining samples of contamination in "clean" room environments.