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Polyp screen

  • US 7,488,312 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2005
  • Issued: 02/10/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A screen for use with a fluid/specimen collector for collecting and trapping patient specimen(s) during a medical procedure, such fluid/specimen collector including a collecting trap for receiving fluid/specimen(s) therein, a lid cooperating with such collecting trap, an intake member for transferring fluid/specimen(s) from a patient into such collecting trap, and a waste exit member for transferring excess fluid from such collecting trap into a waste container, said screen comprising:

  • (a) an insert member capable of being placed within such lid of such fluid/specimen collector, said insert member having feet which are positioned adjacent such lid, said feet having a predetermined size and shape capable of producing at least one air gap between said insert member and such lid;

    (b) an intake aperture extending through said insert member, said intake aperture having a predetermined size and shape to enable such intake member to extend through said insert member and to transfer fluid/specimen(s) from a patient into such collecting trap, and(c) a plurality of straining apertures extending through said insert member, said straining apertures having a predetermined size and shape capable of allowing excess fluid -to pass there through and exit such collector through such waste exit member while preventing specimens from passing through said straining apertures and trapping such specimens within such fluid/specimen collector.

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