An intra-vaginal self-administered cell collecting device and method includes inserting a tampon-like telescoping tube intra-vaginally. The corkscrew-shaped electrode mount includes first and second electrodes, at respective sites of the electrode mount, and a controller, wirelessly coupled to the control unit. One or more second delay mechanisms each correspond to one of the beams to delay a second clock signal, resulting in a beam-clock signal to align the beam over successive reflections by the facets.