US 11,944,278 B2
Cassette for collecting a tissue sample with a medical fluid collection system
Brian James VanDerWoude, Portage, MI (US); Brian MacLachlan, Norton Shores, MI (US); Stephen Isham, Mattawan, MI (US); Stephen J. Reasoner, Kalamazoo, MI (US); David E. Hershberger, Kalamazoo, MI (US); Chad Drake, Kalamazoo, MI (US); and Benjamin Edinger, Grand Haven, MI (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed by Stryker Corporation, Kalamazoo, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,135.
Application 17/164,135 is a continuation of application No. 15/895,637, filed on Feb. 13, 2018, granted, now 11,045,171.
Application 15/895,637 is a continuation of application No. 14/302,508, filed on Jun. 12, 2014, granted, now 9,943,291, issued on Apr. 17, 2018.
Application 14/302,508 is a continuation of application No. PCT/US2012/069516, filed on Dec. 13, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/593,675, filed on Feb. 1, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/576,410, filed on Dec. 16, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2021/0153849 A1, May 27, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0045 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61M 1/77 (2021.05); A61M 1/91 (2021.05); A61B 2010/0061 (2013.01); A61M 1/79 (2021.05); A61M 2205/12 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A cassette for collecting a tissue sample with a medical fluid collection system including a manifold receiver, said cassette comprising:
a housing configured to be removably coupled with the manifold receiver of the medical fluid collection system, said housing comprising a sleeve defining a first void space, wherein said housing further defines a second void space, an aperture providing fluid communication between said first void space and said second void space, and an outlet opening in fluid communication with said first void space and said second void space;
a catch tray configured to be removably positioned within said first void space, said catch tray comprising a screen defining porous features for collecting the tissue sample; and
a filter element disposed within said second void space of said housing, said filter element defining additional porous features.