Stryker Corporation

Chad Drake

Brian James VanDerWoude

Stephen J Reasoner

David Hershberger

Stephen Isham

Brian MacLachlan

Benjamin Edinger

Brian VanderWoude

Brian J Vanderwoude

Brian Maclachlan

Steve Isham

A cassette for collecting a tissue sample. The cassette includes a housing configured to be removably coupled with a manifold receiver of a medical fluid collection system. The housing defines a first void space, a second void space, and an outlet opening. A catch tray is removably positionable within the first void space and includes a screen defining porous features for collecting the tissue sample. A filter element separate from the catch tray is disposed within the second void space. The housing may include a cap portion defining the first void space, and a shell portion coupled to the cap portion and defining the second void space. The cassette may be simultaneously operable in a tissue collection mode in which fluid is suctioned across the catch tray to collect the tissue sample, and a bypass mode in which the fluid is not suctioned across the catch tray.

Cassette for collecting a tissue sample with a medical fluid collection system

A cassette () for use with a medical waste collection system (). The cassette includes a housing () shaped to be removably attached to a receptacle () integral with the housing. A sleeve () is attached to the cassette so as to be located forward of the housing. The sleeve is formed with a void space. A fitting () for collection to a suction line is attached to the sleeve. A screen () is removably fitted in the sleeve void space. The screen is fitted in the sleeve void space when it is desirable to catch tissue that may be entrained in the fluid stream from the suction line.

Specimen cassette with a removable catch tray for retrieving tissue samples from a fluid stream generated during a medical/surgical procedure

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Chad Drake