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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2004
Thomas Luke Mikulka, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Nevena Novkovic Djuranovic, South Portland, ME (US);
Stanislaw Barski, Jr., Limerick, ME (US);
Tracy Lynn Hessel Libby, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Thomas Luke Mikulka, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Nevena Novkovic Djuranovic, South Portland, ME (US);
Stanislaw Barski, Jr., Limerick, ME (US);
Tracy Lynn Hessel Libby, North Yarmouth, ME (US);
Idexx Laboratories, Inc., Westbrook, ME (US);
Abstract
A device for obtaining a sample from inside a body includes a tubular body portion defining a chamber for receiving a sample of material therein; a plunger assembly operatively associated with the tubular body portion, the plunger assembly having a stopper slidably disposed within the chamber of the body portion; feedback elements provided on the tubular body and/or the plunger assembly for providing a user with audible and/or tactile indications regarding an amount of displacement of the plunger assembly relative to the body portion; and a cutting element is provided to facilitate sample removal.