WO1982000200A1 - Process and device for preparation of cell samples for cytological tests - Google Patents
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- WO1982000200A1 WO1982000200A1 PCT/SE1981/000199 SE8100199W WO8200200A1 WO 1982000200 A1 WO1982000200 A1 WO 1982000200A1 SE 8100199 W SE8100199 W SE 8100199W WO 8200200 A1 WO8200200 A1 WO 8200200A1
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
- G01N1/28—Preparing specimens for investigation including physical details of (bio-)chemical methods covered elsewhere, e.g. G01N33/50, C12Q
- G01N1/40—Concentrating samples
- G01N1/4077—Concentrating samples by other techniques involving separation of suspended solids
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- G—PHYSICS
- G01—MEASURING; TESTING
- G01N—INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
- G01N1/00—Sampling; Preparing specimens for investigation
- G01N1/28—Preparing specimens for investigation including physical details of (bio-)chemical methods covered elsewhere, e.g. G01N33/50, C12Q
- G01N1/2813—Producing thin layers of samples on a substrate, e.g. smearing, spinning-on
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T436/00—Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
- Y10T436/10—Composition for standardization, calibration, simulation, stabilization, preparation or preservation; processes of use in preparation for chemical testing
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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- Y10T436/00—Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing
- Y10T436/25—Chemistry: analytical and immunological testing including sample preparation
- Y10T436/25375—Liberation or purification of sample or separation of material from a sample [e.g., filtering, centrifuging, etc.]
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- the present invention relates to a process for preparation of cell samples for cytological tests of exfoliated cells, and a device for carrying out the process.
- Cytological tests of cell samples are now quite prevalent and have proved to be an exceptional means for diagnosing cell changes in the area about the portio-cervix and endo cervical canal. Such tests are performed on large numbers of women and not infrequently on entire age groups of women within a district for example.
- the samples are taken with a curette or similar instrument by scraping cells from the mouth of the cervix. It is of course very important that any cell changes be represented in the sample.
- sampling devices There are a number of different types of sampling devices which provide acceptable samples. The samples are taken by inserting a speculum into the vagina whereafter the sampling instrument is inserted and the scraping is done.
- sample material must then be protected from destruction while being transported to the cytological laboratory, suitably by immersion in a fixing solution. After the sample has arrived at the laboratory it is prepared by dyeing and is inspected in a microscope. The presence of atypical cells is noted and reported. The examination under the microscope and the evaluation requires exceptional attentiveness and is time-consuming, and is considered to be quite demanding work. In 1980 each test cost between 50 and 100 Swed.Kronor.
- Samples have been prepared previously with a conventional syringe, for example, provided with a cannula with a diameter of 500 /um, by alternatingly sucking up and expelling the slurry of scraped cells. This produced cell samples which could be read by an experienced human examiner. In order to be read automatically, the sample preparation must be improved so that the majority of the cells in the sample are free cells.
- the purpose of the present invention is thus to provide an effective process for sample preparation of cell samples and a device for carrying out the process.
- the new process is essential for establishing a functioning system for automatic cell testing and facilitating substantially the non-automated evaluation of cell samples.
- the new process intended for the preparation of cell samples for cytological testing of exfoliated cells, in which the cell sample is in the form of a slurry in a fixing solution, is characterized in that the slurry is introduced into a first chamber provided with a wall with a large number of holes with a cross section of 10-100 ,um and in communication with a second chamber and that said solution, under the influence of a pressure differential, is made to pass through the wall provided with holes one or more times, and that the material from the second chamber is used for the prepara tion of smears on a slide.
- the cross section of the holes being 10-40/um. If the cross section is less than 5/um, the results will not be reproducible, and if the cross section is more than 100 /um, the result less than satisfactory.
- the solution After one or more passages through the wall provided with holes, the solution is allowed to settle in the second chamber and a smear on a slide is made from the sedimented material.
- the pressure differential is suitably established by pressing a plunger into a cylindrical cavity, said cavity communicating with the first chamber.
- the slurry suitably contains a cell dissociating agent, which can be for example hyaluonidase, chymotrypsin or l, 4-dimercapto-2 , 3-butane diol .
- Fixing agent such as 50-95% ethanol is also included and suitably also a small amount of sodium hydroxide.
- a device for carrying out the new process consists of a first and a second chamber separated by a wall, provided with a large number of holes with a cross section of 10-100/um. It is also provided with means for establishing a pressure differential between the first and the second chamber. Furthermore, it is arranged to make it possible to introduce slurry into the first chamber and to extract finished, possibly sedimented sample material from the second chamber.
- the device can consist of a first tube, closed at one end and into which a second tube has been partially inserted, which at its inserted end is provided with a large number of holes and is essentially sealingly connected to the first tube.
- a movable plunger. is arranged in the second tube and can be moved reciprocally there. Said plunger can also be inserted and removed from the second tube for introducing the slurry into the second tube.
- the device consists of three parts: a tube 1 provided with a wall 2 with a plurality of holes, a plunger 3 and an outer closed tube 4.
- the tube 1 with the wall 2 and the plunger 3 defines the first chamber 5.
- the tube 1 can be inserted into the outer tube 4 suitably so as to seal against each other.
- the second chamber 6 is defined in the tube 4 by the lower end of the closed tube and the wall tube provided with holes.
- the outer tube 4 is suitably a centrifuge tube with a pointed lower end 7.
- the tube 1 and the plunger 3 are suitably made as a hypodermic syringe with a flange 8 and a pressing surface 9 as well as wings 10 for centering the movement of the plunger in the tube 1 when pressure is exerted on the pressing surface 9.
- the plunger 3 is suitably provided with a rubber packing 11 to provide a better seal between the plunger 3 and the tube 1.
- the device shown is intended for manual sample preparation, the plunger 3 first be removed from the tube 1 and the sample slurried in the physiological fluid being poured down into the tube 1.
- the plunger 3 is inserted and then pressed down through the tube 1.
- the solution will then be pressed through the wall with holes, suitably represented by a wire-mesh or a net of artificial fibers with a cross section diameter of 10-100/um.
- the tubes 1 and 4 can then be turned over and the plunger 3 drawn out, thereby sucking the solution through the wall with holes, whereafter the liquid is again pressed with the plunger through the wall with holes.
- the process is suitably repeated a number of times, whereafter the liquid is sedimented or centrifuged in the tube 4.
- the material for the smear can then be taken from the sedimental material thus providing a smear which has free cells to a large degree and which, is suitable for automatic evaluation.
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DE8181902006T DE3166171D1 (en) | 1980-07-08 | 1981-06-30 | Process and device for preparation of cell samples for cytological tests |
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SE8005023A SE445676B (en) | 1980-07-08 | 1980-07-08 | PROCEDURE AND DEVICE FOR PREPARING CELL SAMPLES |
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