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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2014
Applicant:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Inventors:
Mark Howard, East Riding, GB;
Mark Smith, York, GB;
Stephen Curran, Elvington, GB;
Graham Smith, Plaistow, NH (US);
Elizabeth Finnie, Upper Poppleton, GB;
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/16 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/077 (2010.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 5/0653 (2013.01); A61B 17/1635 (2013.01); A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61M 1/00 (2013.01); A61M 1/0056 (2013.01); A61B 10/025 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61M 2202/0014 (2013.01); A61M 2202/08 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a tissue collection apparatus including a housing defining an inlet and an outlet and a tissue scaffold suitable for disposal within the housing, the tissue scaffold configured to be loaded with the tissue under the application of an aspiration force applied through the tissue collection apparatus.