Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Sampling nonliquid body material
Patent
1997-07-10
1998-08-18
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Sampling nonliquid body material
A61B 1000
Patent
active
057953090
ABSTRACT:
A self-actuated sampling instrument for the collection and short term preservation of cervical tissues for testing purposes by remote laboratory. The sampling and preserving device includes a collection cylinder and a retractable plunger having a sampling brush thereon. A containment enclosure is removably positioned over the collection cylinder providing a sterile transportation container for the tissue sample which is suspended in a preservative solution that is mechanically disposed from within the collection cylinder into the containment enclosure around the sample by the user before transportation to the laboratory.
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Leet Richard A.
Rowlands Deborah L.
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