ORAL DIAGNOSTIC INSTRUMENT Russian patent published in 2014 - IPC A61B10/00 A46B15/00 G01N33/50 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: instrument comprises an oral sample collection vessel, a detector able to detect a marker in this sample, an indicator actuated by a detector signal. The above vessel is detachably connected to an oral cavity instrument. The vessel comprises a sample collection element, a sample storage container, and a passage connecting the collection element and the container to supply the sample to the container by capillary action. The indicator is integrated into the container. The declared instrument is used to diagnose oral diseases by collecting the oral sample, detecting one or more markers in this sample and indicating the presence of one of the disease markers.

EFFECT: inventions enables establishing an accurate and fast diagnosis of the oral pathologies accompanying the daily oral care by placing the detector inside the container able to accumulate a required amount of the sample to be diagnosed.

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