# US 10,119,893 B2 · Mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,119,893 B2 - Document ID: US10119893B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/106,769 - Filed: 2015-07-20 - Published: 2017-07-13 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-07-14 - Assignees: Soochow University - Applicants: Soochow University - Inventors: Yuan Feng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10119893B2 ## CPC - G01N 3/08: by applying steady tensile or compressive forces (G01N3/28 takes precedence) - G01N 3/04: Chucks - G01N 33/4833: {of solid biological material, e.g. tissue samples, cell cultures (tissue in vivo A61B5/00; cell suspensions G01N33/48735)} - G01N 2203/0019: Compressive - G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q) ## Abstract A mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue includes a frame body having a workbench, a test head holder disposed on the frame body, a test object fixture base which is disposed on the workbench and located below the test head holder, an acquisition device, and a computer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue, comprising a frame body having a workbench, a test head holder disposed on the frame body, a test object fixture base which is disposed on the workbench and located below the test head holder, and a computer, wherein the mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue also comprises: a replaceable test head mounted on the test head holder; a replaceable fixture mounted on the test object fixture base; a replaceable displacement sensor mounted on the frame body for detecting the movement of the test head; and a replaceable pressure sensor mounted on the test head holder for detecting the value of the pressure on a test object applied by the test head; wherein the computer is connected via signals to analyze the value of pressure and the amount of movement; and wherein the replaceable fixture comprises: two clamping plates disposed oppositely, each clamping plate comprising a first plate portion and a second plate portion which can be connected in an L-shape, a plurality of grooves being vertically formed on the outer lateral surface of the first plate portion, and a plurality of through-holes being opened on the second plate portion, and a mounting plate for fixing the clamping plates, which is mounted on the test object fixture base. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 1, wherein a dovetail groove is opened on the mounting plate, and a dovetail block is projected outwardly from the lateral surface of the second plate portion of the clamping plate for cooperating with the dovetail groove. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 2, wherein the through-holes are located at two sides of the dovetail block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 2, wherein the test object fixture base comprises: a bottom base fixed on the workbench; an X-axis base disposed on the bottom base, which is movable along the front-rear direction of the workbench relative to the bottom base; and a Y-axis base on which the fixture is mounted, the Y-axis base being disposed on the X-axis base and movable along the left-right direction of the workbench relative to the X-axis base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 4, wherein a dovetail block is projected upwardly from the bottom base and the X-axis base respectively, and a dovetail groove is provided on the X-axis base and the Y-axis base respectively, for cooperating with the dovetail block on the bottom base and the X-axis base. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 1, wherein the test head holder, the pressure sensor and the test head are orderly connected into a line from up to down. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 6, wherein the test head is fixed on the test head holder by a sleeve, the sleeve being detachably mounted below the pressure sensor. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 6, wherein the frame body also comprises: an elevating device vertically fixed on the workbench, and a fixing plate fixed on the elevating device, the test head holder being detachably mounted on the fixing plate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The mechanical property tester of biological soft tissue as claimed in claim 8, wherein the frame body also comprises a sliding rod vertically disposed on the workbench, a displacement sensor mounting base being clamped on the sliding rod, and the displacement sensor being installed on the displacement sensor mounting base, the sliding rod and the elevating device being relatively disposed at two sides of the test object fixture base, and the displacement sensor being movable in up-down direction along the sliding rod.