Spatula for collecting cervical cancer cells

Details Spatula for collecting cervical cancer cells Spatula for collecting cervical cancer cells

1980-08-18

1983-05-24

Howell, Kyle L.

Surgery

Truss

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128304, 128758, A61B 1000

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043845878

ABSTRACT:
A spatula for collecting cancer cells outside and within the cervix canal includes a scraper head having a laterally extending outer cervix engaging leg projecting from one side of the head. The head further includes a cervical canal entering finger-like portion projecting longitudinally beyond the leg. The finger-like portion has on the same side of the scraping head from which said leg projects a longitudinal inner scraping surface which scrapes cells from the wall of the cervical canal when the spatula is rotated along the longitudinal axis of the spatula. The longitudinal inner surface of the finger-like portion comprises two adjacent longitudinally extending sections, one of which has a rough surface which scrapes cells from the wall of the cervical canal and the other of which has a relatively smooth surface. The smooth surface section is raised so that only it engages the wall of the cervix during the longitudinal movement of the finger-like portion of the scraping head into and out of the cervical canal.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2049956 (1936-08-01), Greenberg
patent: 2437329 (1948-03-01), Moore
patent: 3352299 (1967-11-01), Sagiroglu
patent: 3633565 (1972-01-01), McDonald
patent: 3635222 (1972-01-01), Robinson

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