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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1990
Filed:
Aug. 17, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carmen Piunno, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Stephen Livesey, Victoria, AU;
John G Linner, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Anthony A del Campo, Houston, TX (US);
Mark J Zaltzberg, The Woodlands, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, , US;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
62 78 ; 62100 ; 62268 ; 55269 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for distillation drying of one or more biological samples. The drying apparatus includes a retaining assembly, a vacuum assembly, cooling means, monitoring means and control means for actively regulating the temperature and pressure conditions of biological tissue so that such tissue may be dried without substantial ultrastructural damage.