Cervical specimen self-sampling device (pap tampon)

Details Cervical specimen self-sampling device (pap tampon) Cervical specimen self-sampling device (pap tampon)

1998-12-07

2000-12-05

O'Connor, Cary

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Sampling nonliquid body material

600562, 600573, 604330, 604 1, A61B 1000

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061559903

ABSTRACT:
A human female cervical specimen gathering device is disclosed which can be self administered by women. The device consists of a cardboard tube that houses a retractable sponge, The handle is adapted to allow it to serve as a screw-cap lid, once the device is inserted into a conical tube containing fixative or preservative. After transport to the lab the tube call easily be agitated to liberate cells, centrifuged, and prepared as a thin smear for cytology or DNA probes.

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