Micro-needle sampling device and use thereof
AssigneeGlobal Life Sciences Solutions Operations UK Ltd
InventorsKathryn Louise Lamerton, Michael John Smith
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a device (10) for obtaining a sample (30) from a biological material (40) in solid form, said device comprising an array of micro-needles (30) arranged on a base plate (20). It further relates to a method for obtaining a sample (50) from a biological material (40) in solid form, comprising pressing the micro-needles (30) of the device (10) into said biological material (40), and subsequently removing the device from the biological material (40), and to the use of the device (10) in such a method.
Claims11
A method for obtaining a sample from a biological material in solid form for storage on a solid medium, comprising pressing micro-needles of a device into said biological material, characterized in said device comprising an array of micro-needles arranged on a base plate, wherein the micro-needles are coated with a coating enhancing adherence of biological material to the micro-needles, wherein said coating is selected from extracellular matrix attachment and/or adhesion proteins, mucopolysaccharides, basic synthetic polymers, or any combination thereof, and subsequently removing the device from the biological material and transferring the sample of the biological material to said solid medium by pressing the micro-needles into the solid medium.
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