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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. 16, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2007
Applicants:
James A. Laugharn, Jr., Winchester, MA (US);
Brevard S. Garrison, Reading, MA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Laugharn, Jr., Winchester, MA (US);
Brevard S. Garrison, Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Covaris, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01N 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention, in various embodiments, provides systems, methods and devices relating to processing a sample. Aspects presented herein relate to collecting, stabilizing, pulverizing, fragmenting, and/or analyzing biological and non-biological sample specimens. Before constituents of sample specimens are analyzed, the sample specimens may be fragmented into a plurality of smaller specimens. Such smaller specimens may then be stored, analyzed, or further processed.