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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Nate Irwin, Bloomington, IN (US);
Triona Campbell, Killaloe, IE;
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0216 (2013.01);
Abstract
A cell collection device for collecting cells from the inner surface of a body lumen is disclosed. The cell collection device includes a longitudinal member, a plurality of struts that are expandable radially, and a sheath having an inner surface that constrains the outward movement of the plurality of struts when the sheath is in a first position and does not constrain the outward movement of the plurality of struts when the sheath is in a second position.