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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Applicant:
Azorides R. Morales, Miami, FL (US);
Inventor:
Azorides R. Morales, Miami, FL (US);
Assignee:
The University of Miami, Miami, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 3/00 (2006.01); B23Q 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tool for holding tissue to be sampled in place to allow tissue samples of a prescribed thickness to be prepared from the held tissue. The tool includes at least one tine array for engaging and holding the tissue. First and second tine arrays may advantageously be provided to define a slice thickness therebetween. In addition, or in the alternative, the tines of the tine array are mutually spaced apart by different distances to effectively hold the tissue and to define prescribed tissue sample lengths.