Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly comprising a sampling device with a rod and a swab and a transfer tool for detaching the swab from the rod and transferring the detached swab to a container. The transfer tool comprises a housing enclosing a closed chamber having a swab-member passage and configured for receiving the swab-member. The housing comprises a first housing part and second housing part hinged to the first housing part. The first housing part and second housing part define an entry opening to a channel delimited by the first and second housing part. This channel extends from outside the housing to the passage. The first housing part and second housing part are rotatable around the hinge between a holding condition and a non-holding condition. The swab-member passage is configured to prevent, in holding and non-holding condition, the base from entering the passage whilst allowing, in non-holding condition, the swab member to pass through the passage.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling device for sampling a body cavity, in particular for sampling the vagina and/or cervix. The sampling device comprises a tube having two open ends, a sample-collecting member and a plunger. The plunger is inserted in the tube, with the distal plunger end protruding from the distal tube end, and carries the sample-collecting member at the proximal tube end. The plunger is displaceable in the proximal direction in the tube from a retracted introduction position into an extended sampling position. In the introduction position, the sampling member is situated inside the tube and protrudes from the tube in the sampling position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush (1) for cleaning or sampling body tissue. The brush (1) comprises a support (2) that is provided with at least one row (3) of brush hairs (5) as well as one second row (4) of brush hairs (16). The first and second rows are mutually parallel and are situated next to one another. Each brush hair (5,6) has a proximal end (7) facing the support (2) and a distal end (9) facing away from the support (2). The first row (3) of brush hairs (5) comprises a strip (30) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the first row (3) and a longitudinal side (32) of which is fixed to the support (2). The proximal ends (7) of the brush hairs (5) in the first row (3) are fixed to the other longitudinal side (34) of the strip (30).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling device for sampling a body cavity, in particular for sampling the vagina and/or cervix. The sampling device comprises a tube having two open ends, a sample-collecting member and a plunger. The plunger is inserted in the tube, with the distal plunger end protruding from the distal tube end, and carries the sample-collecting member at the proximal tube end. The plunger is displaceable in the proximal direction in the tube from a retracted introduction position into an extended sampling position. In the introduction position, the sampling member is situated inside the tube and protrudes from the tube in the sampling position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a sampling device for sampling a body cavity, in particular for sampling the vagina and/or cervix. The sampling device comprises a tube having two open ends, a sample-collecting member and a plunger. The plunger is inserted in the tube, with the distal plunger end protruding from the distal tube end, and carries the sample-collecting member at the proximal tube end. The plunger is displaceable in the proximal direction in the tube from a retracted introduction position into an extended sampling position. In the introduction position, the sampling member is situated inside the tube and protrudes from the tube in the sampling position.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush (1) for cleaning or sampling body tissue. The brush (1) comprises a support (2) that is provided with at least one row (3) of brush hairs (5) as well as one second row (4) of brush hairs (16). The first and second rows are mutually parallel and are situated next to one another. Each brush hair (5,6) has a proximal end (7) facing the support (2) and a distal end (9) facing away from the support (2). The first row (3) of brush hairs (5) comprises a strip (30) that extends in the longitudinal direction of the first row (3) and a longitudinal side (32) of which is fixed to the support (2). The proximal ends (7) of the brush hairs (5) in the first row (3) are fixed to the other longitudinal side (34) of the strip (30).

Abstract: The invention relates to a brush suitable for taking a smear from the endocervical canal, comprising an elongated handle and a brush head placed on the handle, which brush head comprises a mandrel lying in line with the handle and brush hairs which run substantially parallel placed on the mandrel.