Sample collection using catheter with expandable member

Details Sample collection using catheter with expandable member Sample collection using catheter with expandable member

1993-12-30

1995-04-25

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

Pad

604 96, A61B 1000

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054090121

ABSTRACT:
Taking a bodily sample from deep within the body of a patient and collecting the sample outside the body to facilitate treatment of the patient. A sampling probe is provided in the form of an elongate catheter having a proximal portion that remains outside the body and a distal portion that can be located within the body. The distal portion includes a membrane with openings that communicate with space that communicates with a source of suction force. The catheter is positioned within the body. The sample is taken by exposing the membrane by placing it in proximity with a desired location so that the bodily sample is received by the membrane. The catheter is removed from the patient and the sample is collected outside the body.

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