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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2010
Applicants:
Ian W. Hunter, Lincoln, MA (US);
Andrew J. Taberner, Mt. Eden, NZ;
N. Catherine Hogan, Boston, MA (US);
Inventors:
Ian W. Hunter, Lincoln, MA (US);
Andrew J. Taberner, Mt. Eden, NZ;
N. Catherine Hogan, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relate to a method and corresponding apparatus for extraction of a sample from a sample source. A fluid is injected into the sample source and the sample source is vibrated. A sample is withdrawn from the vibrated sample source and the sample source is evaluated by measuring one or more identifying parameters in the withdrawn sample.