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An endometrial sampling device (10) for collecting body material for diagnostic testing includes a handle (12), a generally cylindrical sample collecting member (14, 14a) connected to the handle (12) and having a longitudinal chamber (22, 70), slot (24, 72), and a transverse slot (26) for scraping t

An endometrial sampling device (10) for collecting body material for diagnostic testing includes a handle (12), a generally cylindrical sample collecting member (14, 14a) connected to the handle (12) and having a longitudinal chamber (22, 70), slot (24, 72), and a transverse slot (26) for scraping the walls of the uterus and moving sample material into chamber (22, 70). The handle (12) has a passage (24, 72) connected with the chamber (22, 70) to which a suction force may be applied. A stop member (16) has a slide (36) for gathering collected sample material. The collecting member (14, 14a) is made of a plastic material which can be severed from the handle (12) if desired to convey the sample therein. If desired, the stop member (16) and slide member (36) can be removed from the device (10) after it has gathered the sample.

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A medical specimen collection device (10) comprising a handle (12) and an elongate sample collecting member (14, 14a) connected to said handle (12) for insertion into a body cavity for collecting sample material therefrom, at least a portion of said member (14, 14a) being hollow to provide a general

A medical specimen collection device (10) comprising a handle (12) and an elongate sample collecting member (14, 14a) connected to said handle (12) for insertion into a body cavity for collecting sample material therefrom, at least a portion of said member (14, 14a) being hollow to provide a generally longitudinal chamber (22, 70) therein for receiving sample material and having a generally longitudinal slot (24, 72) through the sidewall thereof to said chamber (22, 70), said slot (24, 72) having opposed side edges extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of said member for scraping sample material from a body cavity through said slot (24, 72) and into said chamber (22, 70) in response to rotation of said member (14, 14a) when in a body cavity, and sample gathering means (36) mounted adjacent the handle (12) of the device for movement relative to said collecting member (14, 14a) and extending through said longitudinal slot (24, 72) and into said chamber (22, 70), said gathering means (36) being distally longitudinally slideable along said slot and chamber from an initial proximal position to a relatively distal position after said member is removed from the body cavity to move sample material collected in said chamber (22, 70) in a distal direction to gather the same.