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7611473 Tissue extraction and maceration device  
Devices and methods are provided for extracting and macerating tissue, and optionally for depositing the tissue onto a tissue scaffold. The device generally includes an outer tube having a...
7540844 Cell scraper  
A cell scraper includes a grip, an elongate arm and a scraper blade. The cell scraper includes a substrate molded from a substantially rigid plastic. The substrate includes a blade support remote...
7517321 Quick cycle biopsy system  
A method for extracting a tissue sample includes altering the pressure inside the lumen of a cannula to facilitate extraction of a tissue sample from the cannula. One aspect of the invention...
7473232 Obtaining a tissue sample  
A device with a sampling portion configured to engage, sever, and remove tissue from a body can be used to obtain one or more tissue samples from the body. The device can be used to obtain multiple...
7416542 Open circuit gravity-assisted uroflowmeter  
An open circuit gravity-assisted uroflowmeter has a urine collector having a generally open inlet in fluid communication with a sensing passage located at a lower elevation than the inlet, the...
7377902 Biopsy anchor device with cutter  
A device for accessing and for isolating a desired site within a patient's body, and for obtaining a body of tissue from a patient at the site that includes an electrosurgical cutting electrode...
7144377 Personal cervical cell collector  
A personal cervical cell collector that will allow a female patient to collect cervical cells in the privacy of her home, having a proximal end and a distal end that has a position unit formed...
7118586 Forceps for medical use  
Forceps having two-half shells are disclosed. Each half-shell includes a front rim and a base wall and is mounted on a support element in a manner such that the half-shells can adopt a first...
6899685 Biopsy device  
A biopsy device suitable for collecting cells from a mammary duct is provided. The device is suitable for conducting brushing biopsy and tissue excision procedures. The device comprises a sheath...
6890309 Method for scraping cellular material from tissue  
A dual action biopsy needle scrapes tissue of cellular thickness from a lesion during forward and rearward reciprocations of the needle along its longitudinal axis of symmetry. A first sharp edge,...
6872185 Dual action aspiration biopsy needle  
A biopsy needle scrapes tissue of cellular thickness from a lesion during repeated proximal-to-distal thrusts of the needle along its longitudinal axis of symmetry. A first sharp edge, formed by a...
6846292 Pleural biopsy and brushing needle  
A biopsy needle and method of using the same. The biopsy needle includes a pair of articulating members that can be moved between a retracted position where the articulating members are contained...
6840909 Apparatus and method for intraductal cytology  
The invention is directed toward a micro-endoscope assembly for the removal of tissue and cells from breast ducts comprising a cylindrical guide tube with a beveled distal end defining an internal...
6755837 Apparatus and method for harvesting bone  
A bone grafting and/or shaping instrument includes a handle portion, a collection chamber and a blade. Features on the blade cooperate with features on the collection chamber to secure the blade to...
6752769 Core bite biopsy needle  
A biopsy needle that is based upon an opening at the tip of the needle, not the side, that permits the entire sample to be cut from the patient yet has smooth sides to reduce injury to the patient...
6749575 Method for transdermal nucleic acid sampling  
A minimally invasive transdermal nucleic acid sampling method comprises piercing through the outermost layer of the skin and into the underlying epidermis with a plurality of microprojections....
6723057 Cell sampling spatula  
A spatula for taking cell samples for histological examination formed with a body portion and a head portion, in which the spatula is formed from a non-absorbent plastics material and includes a...
6679897 Adenoid curette  
An adenoid curette that includes a shank, a handle, and a cutting head. The shank has a pin, male threads, and a collar. The cutting head is a loop that is continuous and has a groove, a slot, and...
6607494 Mucosal sampler  
A cytology cell sampler for use in collecting mucosal cell samples from a human comprising a handle and a head portion. The handle is grasped by the operator and the head portion is then abutted a...
6394966 Apparatus and method for removing cells from an endocervical brush in a liquid-based pap test system  
A device for collecting cervicovaginal cells, including a first end portion for contacting an ectocervical region and obtaining a sampling of cells therefrom, a second end portion opposite the...
6379315 Spatula for taking of sampling  
A spatula for sampling comprises an elongated stem ( 10 ) having a flat scraper at least at one end of the stem. According to the invention said scraper is perforated.
6346086 Endocervical and exocervical cell collection device  
A medical device 10 for collecting both endocervical cells and exocervical cells from a human or veterinary patient includes an elongate handle 12 having first and second handle ends 14 and ...
6309818 Scratch wound assay device  
An apparatus having at least one template opening for causing a substantially reproducible injury to a cell, organ or tissue layer. The apparatus is useful in determining the effects of cell growth...
6291234 Method and apparatus for transferring a biological specimen to a cellular suspension  
An apparatus and method for transferring exfoliated cells from a variety of specimen collection devices to a preservation fluid contained in a specimen vial. The apparatus comprises an interior...
6114382 Methods for treating inflammatory bowel disease  
The present invention provides novel compositions and methods relating to the treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Disease ("IBD"), most notably, Ulcerative Colitis, Crohn's Disease, Colitis and...
6053876 Apparatus and method for marking non-palpable lesions  
A surgical tool forms a collapsible cage that surrounds a lesion or a tumor in a breast or soft tissue so that removal of all encaged tissue ensures the removal of the tumor or lesion. The...
5976170 Bowel blockage removal instrument and method  
An instrument for removing bowel blockage comprising a handle, and a probe element extending from the handle, the probe element being elongate, having a round or oval transverse cross-section, and...
5865765 Dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cavity  
A dilator/sampler for sampling materials and fluid from a body cavity, the device comprising: a shaft having a distal end, and a proximal end; a Z-shaped sampler having a first sampling surface and...
5843000 Optical biopsy forceps and method of diagnosing tissue  
An integrated optical biopsy forceps device and a method for tissue identification by optical analysis and biopsy sampling at a site within the body. The device includes an elongated catheter body...
5536234 Optical surgical device with scraping tool  
An optical surgical device includes a detachable, disposable semi-flexible sheath for insertion into a patient's body. The sheath is provided with plurality of channels. One of the channels...
5535756 Catheter with simultaneous brush cytology and scrape biopsy capability  
A medical device performs simultaneous brush cytology and scrape biopsy on structures within an organic duct by collecting cells and tissue on a brush having irregular semi-rigid bristles,...
5514341 Feces-sampling transport container  
A feces-sampling transport container includes a cylindrical container body capable of accommodating a liquid; a cap equipped with a sampling rod; a separating wall disposed in the container body; a...
5476104 Cervical and endometrial biopsy instrument  
A biopsy instrument for obtaining a tissue sample from a body cavity such as the endometrial tissue forming the uterine cavity or from the cervix. The instrument comprises a first generally rigid...
5462063 Cell collecting device  
A universally applicable cell collecting device is provided. The device has a handle and a brush head formed of flexible bristles. The bristles can be positioned such that the cross-sectional...
5373854 Biopsy apparatus for use in endoscopy  
An instrument for use in endoscopic biopsy procedures comprising biopsy forceps which utilize a simple and cost effective construction. The apparatus of the invention eliminates the use of an outer...
5348023 Curetting instrument and method  
An improved curette is disclosed having a spoon-shaped scoop attached to an elongated tapered handle. Substantially the entire periphery of the scoop is sharpened, allowing the curette to be used...
5279307 Combination exo-endocervical sampler  
A combination exo-endocervical sampler. The sampler includes an elongated handle portion having a free end and a non-linearly tapered row of flags disposed proximate the end opposite the free end....
5246669 Sampling bottle  
Provided is a sampling bottle with easy handling of dejection sample, simple structure, reliable prevention of scattering dejection sample and propagation of offensive smell to nearby environments,...
5217024 Tissue sampling device with visual and tactile indicator  
A medical device for removing tissue from a body cavity includes a tubular shaped handle securely connected and in communication with an elongated hollow tubular probe. The probe includes a...
5184626 Brush overlay Pap smear  
A brush overlay Pap smear method is provided for providing a single cytological sample representing specimens for two or more sites. An exocervical sample (20) is transferred from a scraper (40) to...
5149506 Stool collection and transport device  
A device for collection and transporting of stool samples. The device has a container with a lid having a spoon secured to the underside of the lid. The spoon is angled at approximately 45° to...
5137030 Diagnostic methods  
A probe is provided for collecting mucous tissue samples in vivo particularly from the conjunctiva, the urethra and the cervix. The probe comprises a handle portion and a body portion, which is...
5133361 Biopsy brush  
A biopsy brush for abrading and recovering samples of tissue to be investigated. A plurality of abrading elements are individually and separately spindled onto a flexible strand. The elements have...
5131402 Method and apparatus for simultaneously taking samples from both the endocervix and the exocervix  
The present invention relates to a device for simultaneously taking samples from both the endocervix and the exocervix, which device is made in one piece and includes a rod, one end of which...
5092345 Uterine cell sampler  
Described herein is a cell sampler particularly suitable for sampling cells from the uterine endometrium as specimens in cytodiagnosis for uterine cancer, especially, for carcinoma corporis, the...
5061272 Tongue cleaner  
A tongue cleaner comprises a handle and a scraping portion secured at one end to the handle, the scraping portion being curved, and in general conformity with a human tongue, and having an...
5000191 Force-limiting adapter for surgical instruments  
In combination with a surgical hand instrument applied by a pushing action to place the instrument against human tissue, followed by a pulling action along the tissue, the improvement consisting of...
4981143 Cell sampler  
A cell sampler obtaining specimens of cells for cytodiagnosis comprises stick-shaped handle which has at one end thereof a stick-shaped abrading segment with a multiplicity of edges formed around...
4932957 Endocervical curette  
An endocervical curette is disclosed which has a detachable tip portion which includes a scraper for removing tissue from the cervical canal and a well for retaining the tissue. The tip portion is...
4932417 Device for stabilizing tissue  
The present invention is a device for stabilizing tissue during surgery having an elongated sheath, a rod movable within the sheath and having a forward end capable of being extended beyond the...
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