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US 11,530,380 B2Granted
System and method for transferring tissue
AssigneeDEKA Products Limited Partnership
InventorsMichael C. Tilley, Richard E. Andrews, Dane C. Fawkes
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Abstract
A transfer device designed to extract an amorphous or semi-solid structure, tissue, or construct from supporting media while maintaining the spatial integrity/organizational architecture thereof. The transfer device can include a controller, an actuator assembly, a plunger, and a needle. The controller can move the transfer device and the plunger independently.
Claims16
A transfer system for transferring a tissue structure resting in growth media from a first location of at least two locations to a second location of the at least two locations, the transfer system comprising:
- a needle;
- a transfer device operably coupled with the needle, the transfer device configured to move the needle towards and away from the tissue structure, the transfer device configured to move the needle to a pre-selected depth into the growth media, the transfer device configured to move from the first location to the second location;
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- a controller operably coupled with the transfer device, the controller directing the transfer device move the needle, the needle withdrawing the tissue structure at the first location, the needle depositing the tissue structure at the second location, the controller electronically directing the transfer device to move from the first location after the needle withdraws the tissue structure and to the second location where the needle deposits the tissue structure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.