Abstract: An endometrial sampler has an outer catheter and an inner plunger slidable within the catheter. The catheter has a coaxial opening at its tip and two side openings located diametrically opposite one another close to the tip, the side openings being elongate along the axis of the catheter. The tip of the plunger projects into the tip opening to form a smooth surface to the sampler. An O-ring seal on the plunger is located rearwardly of the side openings so that suction is applied to both the side openings and the tip opening when the plunger is pulled rearwardly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 11, 1999
Date of Patent:
July 11, 2000
Assignees:
Edward Patrick Morris, Smiths Industries Public Limited Company
Inventors:
Edward Patrick Morris, Paul Benjamin Ridout