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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Blaze Medical Devices, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Alfano, Canton, MI (US);
Michael Tarasev, Pinckney, MI (US);
Steven Meines, Grandville, MI (US);
Terrance Boyd, Jackson, MI (US);
Aaron Kehrer, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Gene Parunak, Saline, MI (US);
Assignee:
Blaze Medical Devices, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/49 (2006.01); B01L 3/00 (2006.01); B02C 19/06 (2006.01); G01N 3/08 (2006.01); G01N 21/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/49 (2013.01); B01L 3/508 (2013.01); B02C 19/06 (2013.01); G01N 3/08 (2013.01); G01N 21/17 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0087 (2013.01); G01N 2203/0089 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bead mill and an associated bead-mill-based machine for testing mechanical fragility of red blood cells, employing a cartridge configured to contain a sample while cells get stressed via bead oscillation and, in the case of the fragility testing machine, also while lysis levels get detected, for presentation of fragility information.