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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:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Covaris, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Inventors:
James A. Laugharn, Jr., Winchester, MA (US);
Ion A. Tsinteris, Somerville, MA (US);
Assignee:
Covaris, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 37/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01); G01N 1/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/28 (2013.01); G01N 1/286 (2013.01); G01N 1/42 (2013.01); G01N 2001/2866 (2013.01);
Abstract
Method and apparatus for holding and/or treating a sample material. A sample may be positioned in a vessel and a crushing force may be applied to the sample material while in the vessel, e.g., by a plunger that is part of a cap to pulverize the sample at cryogenic temperatures. The sample holder may include an acoustic window arranged to admit acoustic energy into the vessel for acoustic treatment of the sample. A flexible film may be used at a portion of the vessel, e.g., at the acoustic window, to cooperate with a plunger for crushing a sample.