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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2014
Applicant:
GE Healthcare Uk Limited, Little Chalfont, GB;
Inventors:
Stevan Paul Tortorella, Wells, ME (US);
William A. Garwood, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
GE Healthcare UK Limited, Little Chalfont, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/28 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 15/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 1/286 (2013.01); C12M 45/22 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6806 (2013.01); C12N 15/1003 (2013.01);
Abstract
Apparatus for transferring biological material onto storage media, said apparatus comprising a powered hand held device including a powered hammer arrangement, the apparatus further comprising an anvil arrangement and a storage media accepting area between the hammer and the anvil, the apparatus being operable such that in use the storage media is repeatedly compressed between the hammer and the anvil by blows from the hammer.