PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an inexpensive and safe sampling implement which reduces pain of sampling a specimen from the nasal cavity, the throat or the like, prevents the specimen from scattering during sampling, and is easy to discard.SOLUTION: The implement for sampling mucus from the nasal cavity or the throat comprises a shank 1 and a mucus sampling body 2 attached to one end of the shank. The shank is made of a plastic which is polyethylene or an ethylene-&alpha-olefin copolymer and has a return angle of &le15° after being bent at 90°. When a specimen absorbing part contacts a wall surface on its way to a sampling position and applies a load of a certain level or above onto the wall surface, the shank deforms to reduce the load applied on the wall surface and to reduce pain. In addition, the shape of the shank can be changed according to a curved shape of the way to the sampling position before sampling. Thereby, the shank is inserted easily to the sampling position.COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT【課題】鼻腔又は咽喉等から検体を採取する際の痛みを低減でき、採取時に検体を飛散させない採取具を安価な、安全性を有した、廃棄しやすい採取具を提供する。【解決手段】鼻腔又は咽喉からの粘液採取具の一端に粘液採取体2が取着されている軸1を、ポリエチレンまたはエチレン-α-オレフィン共重合体とし、90度曲げによる戻り角度が15度以下であるプラスチックで形成したことにより、検体吸収部位が採取場所までの壁面に接触し一定以上の負荷があった場合、軸自体が変形し、壁面への負荷を減すことで痛みが低減でき、更に、採取前に、採取場所までの曲線形状に変形できることにより、採取箇所まで容易に挿入できるようにした。【選択図】図1
