US 7,488,312 B2
Polyp screen
Joann E. Rogers, 966 Pine Walk Ct., NE., Palm Bay, Fla. 32905 (US); and Marcia Caldwell, P.O. Box 627, Melbourne, Fla. 32902 (US)
Filed on Nov. 02, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/265,678.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/655565, filed on Feb. 23, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0189950 A1, Aug. 24, 2006
Int. Cl. A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 604—406  [600/573; 604/319] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.