Patents Assigned to Rovers Holding B.V.
  • Publication number: 20140180165
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: Rovers Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Meindert Durk Zwart
  • Publication number: 20130211288
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: Rovers Holding B.V.
    Inventor: Meindert Durk Zwart