The Lucid Diagnostics EsoCheck CCD Cell Collection Device is a sterile single-use disposable non-endoscopic balloon capsule catheter designed to collect and retrieve surface cells of the esophagus. The balloon capsule is attached to a catheter and swallowed with the balloon deflated and inverted. Once positioned, the balloon is inflated and withdrawn allowing its textured surface to swab the surface of the targeted segment of the esophagus, retrieving cells in the process. The balloon is then deflated, retracting it along with the retrieved cells on its surface into the capsule, where they are protected from dilution or contamination as the capsule is fully withdrawn from the patient. The balloon is cut from the capsule and placed in the desired specimen container. The specimen is then sent for diagnostic processing and analysis.
A wooden, plastic, or metal instrument used to collect a scraping of cells from tissue for the purposes of a diagnostic examination. This is a single-use device.
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