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AN L-SHAPED, PRECISION CONTOURED EXO/ENDOCERVICAL CELL SAMPLER FOR COLLECTING REPRESENTATIVE CELLS IS INVENTED FOR PRE-MALIGNANT AND MALIGNANT DIAGNOSIS. THE CELL SAMPLER COMPRISES OF AN ELONGATED AND ROUNDED STICK SHAPED STEM WITH A SLIGHTLY THICKENED HANDLE MEANS AT ONE END, AND A FLATTENED CONNECTING MEANS HAVING TWO PROTRUSIONS AT THE OTHER END. AN L-SHAPED CONFIGURATION AT THE ROOT OF THE CONNECTING MEANS HAS ONE VERTICAL ENDOCERVICAL CONTACT PORTION AND ONE HORIZONTAL EXOCERVICAL CONTACT PORTION, WHICH DIRECTLY HUG TO THE TRANSFORMATION ZONE THEREBY ALLOWING A THROUGH AND COMPLETE 360 DEG ROTATIONAL SWEEPING-UP OF ALL THE TRULY REPRESENTATIVES CELLS. WHEN THE CELL SAMPLER IS WITHDRAWN FROM THE CERVIX, THE VERTICAL ENDOCERVICAL CONTACT PORTION IS SUBSEQUENTLY BENT AND BOTH THE EXO-AND ENDOCERVICAL PORTIONS ARE SWEPT ACROSS A MICROSCOPE SLIDE FOR CYTOLOGICAL MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION.
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