Patent ID: 8157745

Claim:
A device ( 1 ) for carrying out an examination of a uterus ( 20 ), comprising: a holder ( 2 ) having a tube ( 3 ) mounted thereon; a catheter ( 5 ) slidably disposed within said tube ( 3 ), and defining an outflow opening ( 16 ); a first operating knob ( 9 ), mounted on said holder, operatively connected to said catheter for slidably moving said catheter with respect to said tube ( 3 ); a supply of sterile fluid to be supplied to the uterus ( 20 ) via said outflow opening ( 16 ) of the catheter ( 5 ); a sealing element ( 4 ) mounted on said tube ( 3 ) to seal the uterus against leakage of the sterile fluid from said uterus, the catheter movable slidably with respect to the tube to thereby change a spacing between the sealing element and the outflow opening; a plunger ( 6 ) slidably disposed within said catheter, said plunger ( 6 ) having a widened portion ( 15 ); and a second operating knob ( 12 ), mounted on said holder ( 2 ), operatively connected to said plunger ( 6 ) for reciprocably moving said plunger relative to the catheter, said widened portion ( 15 ) of said plunger being positionable to be spaced distally of said outflow opening ( 16 ) to permit the sterile fluid to be supplied through the outflow opening to the uterus, said widened portion ( 15 ) of said plunger ( 6 ) being movable proximally of said outflow opening so that said plunger ( 6 ) functions with said catheter ( 5 ) to cause the widened portion moving proximally to create a vacuum at said outflow opening ( 16 ) to permit a tissue sample from within the uterus ( 20 ) to enter said outflow opening ( 16 ) for removal from the uterus ( 20 ).