Patent ID: 8864683
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: A46D,A61B

Abstract:
1. A brush for sampling body tissue, where the brush comprises a support which is provided with at least one first row of brush hairs as well as at least one second row of brush hairs; wherein said first and second row of brush hairs are situated next to one another; wherein each brush hair has a proximal end facing the support and a distal end facing away from the support; wherein the first row of brush hairs comprises a strip that extends in the longitudinal direction of the first row and a longitudinal side of which is fixed to the support; wherein the proximal ends of the brush hairs in said first row are fixed to the other longitudinal side of the strip; wherein each brush hair of the first row has a length less than the distance from the distal end of said each brush hair of the first row to the support; wherein said first row of brush hairs is composed of two bands of longitudinally offset hair members, the two bands being situated alongside and in contact with one another; wherein each hair member has a distal and a proximal portion; wherein the proximal portion of each hair member from the one band of hair members overlaps a portion of the proximal portion of the adjacent ones of said offset hair members from the other band of hair members in an overlap zone in each case and, in the overlap zones, said hair members are joined as a unit such that the proximal portions of said hair members of the longitudinally offset hair member bands situated alongside and in contact with one another form the strip; and wherein the support comprises an elongated member that on at least two opposing sectors of a longitudinal wall thereof is provided with at least one said first row of brush hairs.