Surgical instrument, namely uterine cell collector

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A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 10/00 (2006.01)

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CA 1237619

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The invention relates to a two-piece disposable surgical instrument for collecting tissue cells for use as specimens for cytological diagnosis, in particular, the detection of cancer of the cervix and uterus. Each part of the instrument is moulded from thermoplastic material. One part consists of a barrel having a reduced end having two finger rings at the other. The reduced end has a pair of scraping blades, portions of which serve as forward walls of cell collection. areas. The remaining part of the instrument consists of a plunger slidable within the barrel and having a thumb-grip, the plunger being capable of collecting and ejecting cells from the barrel and obtained from a different area of the cervix to those areas from which the pair of blades obtained their cells.

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