Patent ID: 7488312

Claim:
A screen for use with a fluid/specimen collector for collecting and trapping patient specimen(s) during a medical procedure, such fluid/specimen collector including a collecting trap for receiving fluid/specimen(s) therein, a lid cooperating with such collecting trap, an intake member for transferring fluid/specimen(s) from a patient into such collecting trap, and a waste exit member for transferring excess fluid from such collecting trap into a waste container, said screen comprising: (a) an insert member capable of being placed within such lid of such fluid/specimen collector, said insert member having feet which are positioned adjacent such lid, said feet having a predetermined size and shape capable of producing at least one air gap between said insert member and such lid; (b) an intake aperture extending through said insert member, said intake aperture having a predetermined size and shape to enable such intake member to extend through said insert member and to transfer fluid/specimen(s) from a patient into such collecting trap, and (c) a plurality of straining apertures extending through said insert member, said straining apertures having a predetermined size and shape capable of allowing excess fluid -to pass there through and exit such collector through such waste exit member while preventing specimens from passing through said straining apertures and trapping such specimens within such fluid/specimen collector.