Processes for menstrual cycle phase determination

Details Processes for menstrual cycle phase determination Processes for menstrual cycle phase determination

1975-11-07

1977-03-22

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

Perineal

73 53, 128 2W, A61B 1000, G01N 3316

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active

040130665

ABSTRACT:
A method for obtaining and testing a bodily mucus for determining the rheological properties of the bodily mucus in order to ascertain menstrual cycle phase using a sample collecting probe and a bearing member. A mucus sample from a bodily cavity is obtained by inserting the sample collecting probe into the cavity. The working end of the probe on which the mucus sample is collected defines an inner bearing element having an outer bearing surface of predetermined grit, the mucus sample being carried on the outer bearing surface. The bearing member is provided with an outer bearing element having an inner bearing surface of predetermined grit. The inner bearing element is received within the outer bearing element in such a manner that the mucus sample introduced between the outer bearing surface and the inner bearing surface is extruded therebetween. One bearing element is biased and the other bearing element is fixed. Mechanical movement or the absence of such movement of the biased bearing element relative to the fixed bearing element is indicative of the menstrual cycle phase. One process comprises the steps of collecting a mucus sample on the inner bearing element, placing the inner bearing element within the outer bearing element, constraining the inner and outer bearing elements for relative movement, and biasing the probe for relative movement between the inner and outer bearing elements in order to provide an indication of the menstrual cycle phase.

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