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Biopsy collector with identifier

US10842471B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

SNPSHOT TRUSTEE LIMITED · NZ

Inventors

Michael Stuart Gardner · Auckland, NZ
Roy Victor Bladen · Auckland, NZ

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2014
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 28, 2036

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/08
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A sample collector to take and hold a biopsy sample from an organism upon being driven by an actuator into the organism, the collector comprising a punch that includes a cutter with a cutting edge formed at a cutting end of the punch to remove and retain a biopsy sample, and a unique identifier on or in the collector, the identifier being machine or human readable at the time of use of the collector to take the sample.

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