Abstract: The disclosed technology described pertain to collection swabs that are designed to capture and retain specimen, tissue, or fluids from a patient. The collection swabs are generally inserted into a desired location, such as a nasal cavity. During the process of insertion, a user maneuvers the collection swab and in the process dislodges and collects various specimen, tissue, or fluids from the patient. The collection swab utilizes specially designed distal or tip portions and/or sleeves or cages in order to capture and retain the specimen, tissue, and fluids. The various designs associated with the distal or tip portion and the sleeve or cages affect not only how much specimen, tissue, or fluids can be collected but also how much of the specimen, tissue, or fluids can be retained after the collection swab is removed from the patient.

Abstract: A clip applier jaw assembly and processes for manufacturing a clip applier jaw are described. The clip applier jaw assembly includes a first jaw and a second jaw joined to the first jaw. The first and second jaws are independently formed and subsequently joined. A progressive stamping process can be used to form each of the first and second jaws by cutting a compound cut in a sheet of material, deburring the cut jaw blank with an edge coining process, and coining a clip groove in the jaw blank. A second jaw can be formed using the same process in a die configured to produce a mirror image of the first jaw. The first and second jaws can be joined by a welding process.