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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2020
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Amitabh Chak, Cleveland, OH (US);
Sanford Markowitz, Cleveland, OH (US);
Dennis Siedlak, Cleveland, OH (US);
Joseph Willis, Cleveland, OH (US);
Lishan Aklog, Purchase, NY (US);
Michael Boutillette, San Francisco, CA (US);
Richard Yazbeck, Norwell, MA (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A device for collecting a biological sample in a subject, the device including an inflatable portion attached to a tubular member, and designed to expand from within the tubular member when inflated and to retract within the tubular member, a surface on the inflatable portion provided with varied thickness to facilitate movement of the inflatable portion between an expanded state and a retracted state, and a plurality of projections on the surface to allow collection of the biological sample when the inflatable portion is in the expanded state.