Biopsy tissue sample transport device and method of using thereof
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Nussloch GmbH
InventorsJo FLEMING, Charles E. CLEMENS, David BERARDELLI
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Abstract
A biopsy tissue sample transport device and method of using thereof including a tissue storage assembly having a sample container, having a holding structure to hold a tissue sample, the holding structure having a sample access opening formed in a sidewall; a housing that receives the tissue storage assembly, the housing comprising an assembly insertion opening through which the tissue storage assembly is inserted into the housing; a sealing member configured to engage and substantially seal the sample access opening of the holding structure of the sample container of the tissue storage assembly; and a lid to engage and substantially seal the assembly insertion opening of the housing.
Claims4
A biopsy tissue sample transport device comprising:
- a tissue storage assembly having a plurality of sample containers, each sample container comprising a holding structure configured to releasably position a tissue sample, such that the plurality of sample containers are connected at one end by a flexible member;
- a housing configured to receiving the tissue storage assembly, and hold the plurality of sample containers such that each of the sample containers is substantially aligned with at least one adjacent sample container in a substantially planar orientation, such that the plurality of sample containers are non-overlapping when viewed from at least one angle;
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- a lid configured to engage and substantially seal the housing.
A biopsy tissue sample transport device comprising:
- a tissue storage assembly having a plurality of sample containers, each sample container comprising a holding structure configured to releasably position a tissue sample, such that the plurality of sample containers are connected at one end by a flexible member;
- a transportation cassette having a cassette housing configured to receive one or more of the plurality of sample containers of the tissue storage assembly;
- a cassette lid configured to close the housing, and
- a cutting element disposed in at least one of the cassette housing and a cassette lid, the cutting element configured to sever the flexible member connecting the plurality of sample containers in response to the closing of the cassettes lid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.