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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 14, 2015
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Mark A. Maguire, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Alexander A. Lubinski, Rocklin, CA (US);
Jeevan Maddur Shankarsetty, Bangalore, IN;
Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan Chari, Secunderabad Andhrapradesh, IN;
Neeraj Eswaradas, Kerala, IN;
Yogesh Kishor Vikharankar, Maharashtra, IN;
Narsing Sairaj Bheemarthi, Hyderabad, IN;
Ananta Venkata Varaha Lakshmi Narasimha Srinivasa Murthy Aravalli, West Godavari, IN;
Inderjeet S. Bhalla, Hyderabad, IN;
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatuses and systems are described for administering a swallowable cell collection device to a patient. Methods include releasing a swallowable bundle of string of the cell collection device from a bundling apparatus, maintaining the string in a swallowable bundle while releasing the swallowable bundle from the bundling apparatus, and placing the swallowable bundle on the tongue of the patient. Methods also include constraining a retrieval string of the cell collection device in a swallowable bundle with a dissolvable band and placing the swallowable bundle on the tongue of the patient.