Patent · US Expired

Apparatus for the micro-dissection of tissue

US6673086B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

Eppendorf AG · DE

Inventors

Gerhard Hofmeier · Hamburg, DE
Hartmut Schmidt-Rabenau · Hamburg, DE
Axel Niendorf · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 10, 2000
Grant date	Jan 6, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 10, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12M45/02
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for the micro-dissection of tissue with a fine needle, which is arranged on holder movable in space along three axes and the tip of which can be moved with the holder relative to the tissue, which is to be severed, wherein the needle is coupled with an oscillating drive mechanism, which causes the needle to oscillate in the longitudinal and/or transverse direction at a predetermined amplitude and frequency.

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