| 摘要 |
A human female cervical specimen gathering device is disclosed which can be self administered by women. This device is an improvement over conventional cervical tissue sampling, which requires a speculum examination, and prior self-sampling devices, which are not compatible with thin-prep cytology easily adaptable to existing pap-smear technology, for thin smear cytology (automated or manual) microbial cultures and assays such as polymer-chain-reaction assays for human papilloma virus. The device consists of a cardboard tube (1) that houses a retractable sponge (2). The handle (3) is adapted to allow it to serve as a screw-cap lid, once the device is inserted into a conical tube (5) containing fixative or preservative (6).
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