Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1980-04-11
1983-07-19
Howell, Kyle L.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
128304, 435284, 435803, 604119, A61B 1000
Patent
active
043938795
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for collecting animal or human tissue includes a curette having a passageway therein terminating at the front end of the curette in a tissue-receiving opening formed in a tissue-scraping spoon. The rear end of said curette extends from a housing forming a handle or gripping surface for manipulating the apparatus. The curette passageway communicates with the interior of said housing and to be connected to a source of vacuum for sucking tissue through the tissue-receiving inlet opening of the curette and into the housing. A substantially flat tissue collecting screen is placed at an angle obliquely across the inside of the housing in the path of tissue flow through the housing to form a large tissue collecting area. The screen has a multiplicity of tissue-screening apertures communicating between the curette passageway on one side of the screen and the outlet opening on the other side of the screen. The tissue is collected on the passageway side of the screen and the collected tissue may be observed through the housing which is substantially transparent. The curette housing or handle is manipulated in one hand of the user and a suction regulator is coupled between the housing and the source of vacuum which is adjusted by the second hand of the user.
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"Milex Tis-U-Trap Uterine Suction Curette".
Howell Kyle L.
Milex Products, Inc.
Sykes Angela D.
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