| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and safe sampling implement which reduces pain of sampling a specimen from the nasal cavity, the throat or the like, prevents the specimen from scattering during sampling, and is easy to discard. <P>SOLUTION: The implement for sampling mucus from the nasal cavity or the throat comprises a shank 1 and a mucus sampling body 2 attached to one end of the shank. The shank is made of a plastic which is polyethylene or an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer and has a return angle of ≤15° after being bent at 90°. When a specimen absorbing part contacts a wall surface on its way to a sampling position and applies a load of a certain level or above onto the wall surface, the shank deforms to reduce the load applied on the wall surface and to reduce pain. In addition, the shape of the shank can be changed according to a curved shape of the way to the sampling position before sampling. Thereby, the shank is inserted easily to the sampling position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |
