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US 6,673,086 B1Granted
Apparatus for the micro-dissection of tissue
AssigneeEppendorf AG
InventorsGerhard Hofmeier, Hartmut Schmidt-Rabenau, Axel Niendorf
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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.
Claims8
An apparatus for micro-dissection of a flat section of tissue secured to a support, the apparatus comprising a fine needle (18) having a tip for severing the tissue;
- means for moving the needle (18) along three axes for proper positioning the tip (17) of the needle (18) relative to the tissue;
- and an oscillating drive mechanism (20) for oscillating the needle at least in one of longitudinal and transverse directions at a predetermined amplitude and frequency.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.