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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2017

Filed:

Jul. 23, 2014
Applicant:

Covaris, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Inventors:

James A. Laugharn, Jr., Winchester, MA (US);

Guillaume Durin, Lyons, FR;

Jonathan Sampson, Lynn, MA (US);

Austin Purdy, Boston, MA (US);

Assignee:

Covaris, Inc., Woburn, MA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/30 (2006.01); G01N 1/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/31 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/30 (2013.01); G01N 1/02 (2013.01); G01N 1/31 (2013.01); G01N 2001/028 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4094 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for transfer of tissue samples from a substrate to a vessel, for subsequent processing (e.g., focused acoustic treatment) within the vessel. A transfer apparatus, having a transfer end and a handle end, may be used to collect a sample material from the substrate. When the sample material is collected from the substrate, the transfer end may be placed within a vessel for treatment of the sample material while the transfer end is also located within the vessel. In some embodiments, the transfer end may be decoupled or otherwise separated from the handle end so that only the transfer end portion of the transfer apparatus is located within the vessel during treatment.


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