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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michel Rastorgoueff, la Celle Saint Cloud, FR;
Jean-Philippe Deslys, le Chesnay, FR;
Emmanuel Comoy, Saint Aubin, FR;
Assignee:
Bio-Rad Pasteur, Marnes la Coquette, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device for collecting a soft biological sample and to a method for using the same. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical body ( ) with two openings ( A, B), one at each end, wherein a piston ( ) with a rod ( ) is inserted via a first end and the piston-and-rod assembly can be displaced back and forth inside the hollow cylindrically ( ), the opening in the second end ( B) of the hollow cylindrical body ( ) has a slicing edge ( B) and this second end carries a cutting wire arranged across its opening.