Patent ID: 6607494
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A mucosal sampler for use in collecting mucosal cell or tissue samples from a human, the mucosal sampler comprising:a handle for grasping at a first end, having a longitudinal handle axis, and a head portion having a first plate and a plurality of secondary plates, the first plate attached to the handle at a second end of the handle and having a longitudinal plate axis, and the plurality of secondary plates projecting from the first plate generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first plate, the plurality of secondary plates arranged substantially parallel to each other spaced side by side in a perpendicular plane with respect to the longitudinal axis, and having at least one collection space between the plurality of secondary plates, and each secondary plate having a shaped free edge for contacting the mucosal cells or tissue of the human, the cell or tissue sample being collected in the at least one space between the plurality of secondary plates.