Dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cav

Details Dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cav Dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cav

1995-10-16

1999-02-02

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Sampling nonliquid body material

A61B 1000

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058657657

ABSTRACT:
A dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cavity, the device comprising: a shaft having a distal end, and a proximal end; a Z-shaped sampler having a first sampling surface and a second sampling surface parallel to each other joined by a diagonal connector, the first sampling surface and the second sampling surface corresponding to the parallel bars of the Z shaped sampler where the first sampling surface is attached to the distal end of the shaft; and a conical dilator having a tip and a base attached at the base to the second sampling surface. The invention also comprises a sheath having a distal edge and a proximal end surrounding the dilator/sampler. In another embodiment of the invention, the base of the conical dilator is shaped to function as a sampler.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2514665 (1950-07-01), Myller
patent: 3308825 (1967-03-01), Cruse
patent: 4227537 (1980-10-01), Suciw et al.
patent: 5535756 (1996-07-01), Parasher

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