Patent ID: 7749173

Claim:
A combination exo-endocervical sampling device comprising: a shaft that defines a first end opposite a second end, a transverse break line between the first and second ends, and a textured surface adjacent to the break line; a sampler coupled to the first end; and a combination exo-endocervical sampler coupled to the second end that includes a pair of opposing wings disposed transverse to the shaft and a brush extending from the wings along a central axis of the shaft, the brush comprising endless fibers; wherein each of the opposing wings includes a sampling surface having a first row of first projections with each of the first projections spaced one from a next by a gap and a second row of second projections with each of the second projections spaced apart and disposed in one of the gaps formed by the first row of first projections, and the endless fibers of the brush comprise a multiplicity of looped fiber pairs distributed axially along a distal end section of the brush, each looped fiber pair including a first knotless loop extending transverse from the shaft and a second knotless loop extending transverse from the shaft.