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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:
Aug. 05, 1997
Filed:
Jul. 20, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Trevor J Powles, Surrey, GB;
Mir A Imran, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Cytometrix, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604240 ; 604411 ; 128763 ;
Abstract
An aspiration needle apparatus for collecting cell samples from tissue by the use of a vacuum container having an enclosed evacuated space sealed by a penetrable diaphragm. An adapter has a recess to receive the vacuum container. A needle is carried by the adapter and serves as an aspiration needle to collect a cell sample and penetrates the diaphragm to couple the evacuated space to the flow passage of the needle means.