Tissue sample collection trap

Claim 1

A tissue sample collection trap comprising a cylindrical container with a suction connector means provided at one end of the container with a port into the container and adapted to connect to a suction means and cooperating therewith, the opposite end of the container being open and adapted to accept a removable cap, a removable cap adapted to fit the container at the open end of the container, the diameter of a section of the inside of the container at the suction connector means end being reduced forming a ledge within that section of the container and adapted to hold a removable tissue trap assembly, a removable tissue trap assembly adapted to slidably engage with the container and comprising two round discs with a plurality of perforations on the surface thereby forming screens adapted to slidably engage with the container and to trap collected tissue samples while allowing effluent to flow through the screens and a hollow tubular handle provided to separate the discs and extend axially from the center of the discs and through the discs to provide a relief pathway for excessive suction and to provide for manual slidable removal of the tissue trap from the container, and a collector connector means with a port into the container extending radially on the perimeter of the container at a positon between the open end of the container and the reduced diameter section at the other end of the container and adapted to connect with a tissue sample collecting device and cooperating therewith to allow tissue samples to be drawn through a port in the collector connecting means and into the container from the tissue sample collecting device.