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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:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83171 ; 839155 ; 83 13 ; 606 29 ;
Abstract
A microcutting device incises minute samples of organisms, such as egg cells and protozoa, and the like. This device is made of a thin film plate which is formed by use of a semiconductor manufacturing technique, and has a heater in the vicinity of its cutting edge. The microcutting device is sharper than a metal-blade incision device and is suitable of mass production.