US 11,667,877 B2
Tissue processing apparatus, a filter and a method for processing tissue therefrom
Imad E. Shehadi, Madison, WI (US); and Hisham Ramadan, Beirut (LB)
Appl. No. 16/640,037
Filed by Imad E. Shehadi, Madison, WI (US); and Hisham Ramadan, Beirut (LB)
PCT Filed Aug. 23, 2017, PCT No. PCT/IB2017/055078
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 18, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/038577, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0248127 A1, Aug. 6, 2020
Int. Cl. C12M 3/00 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); B01D 24/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/26 (2006.01); C12M 1/00 (2006.01); C12M 1/34 (2006.01); G01N 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC C12M 33/14 (2013.01) [A61M 1/892 (2021.05); C12M 21/08 (2013.01); C12M 23/22 (2013.01); C12M 29/00 (2013.01); C12M 41/44 (2013.01); C12M 47/12 (2013.01); A61M 1/88 (2021.05); A61M 2202/0014 (2013.01); A61M 2202/08 (2013.01); A61M 2202/09 (2013.01); B01D 23/00 (2013.01); G01N 2001/4088 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tissue processing apparatus comprising:
a container forming a closed volume with a bottom surface;
a first opening on said container to receive a harvested fat including fibers;
a filter including a surface with a top end to receive the harvested fat from the first opening, a bottom end, and a plurality of elongated protrusions structured at an angle on the surface of said filter for filtering fibers from the harvested fat; and
a second opening on said container to access the filtered harvested fat from the bottom end of the surface of the filter,
wherein the surface of the filter is inclined with respect to the bottom surface such that when the harvested fat is received at the top end from said first opening the harvested fat moves on the surface of said filter and the plurality of elongated protrusions prevents fibers of the harvested fat to pass through the surface of the filter, thereby filtering the harvested fat.