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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Queensland, Queensland, AU;
Inventors:
Tarl W. Prow, Sunnybank, AU;
H. Peter Soyers, Holland Park, AU;
Alexander Bernard Ansaldo, Coorparoo, AU;
Assignee:
The University of Queensland, Queensland, AU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 17/322 (2006.01); A61B 17/3211 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); A61B 5/15045 (2013.01); A61B 5/150282 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 10/0266 (2013.01); A61B 5/150442 (2013.01); A61B 5/150458 (2013.01); A61B 17/322 (2013.01); A61B 17/3211 (2013.01); A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 17/32093 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0053 (2013.01); A61M 2037/0061 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01);
Abstract
A microbiopsy device for taking biological samples, comprising a body including two or more cutting elements for cutting tissue to form a biological sample; and a chamber inside the body for receiving and retaining the biological sample, the chamber having an opening between the cutting elements, wherein the cutting elements are arranged to cut a section of tissue having a width of less than 1 mm.