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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:
Mar. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Amnon Weichselbaum, Haifa, IL;
Shalom Bar-Ami, Brookline, MA (US);
Benjamin Rivnay, Newton, MA (US);
Helene Stroh, Marblehead, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B07B 1/00 ;
Abstract
The invention in the simplest form is a passive method and apparatus for filtering motile sperm from a sperm sample. The invention passively filters the motile sperm using a membrane assembly disposed in a container. In operation, a sperm sample is placed on one side of the membrane assembly, and the motile sperm migrate through the membrane where they can be easily extracted.