US 11,903,970 B2
Device and methods for platelet lysis or activation
Christopher J. Centeno, Broomfield, CO (US); Neven Steinmetz, Broomfield, CO (US); Ian Stemper, Broomfield, CO (US); and Dustin Berger, Broomfield, CO (US)
Assigned to Regenexx, LLC, Broomfield, CO (US)
Filed by Regenexx, LLC, Des Moines, IA (US)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/132,634.
Application 17/132,634 is a continuation of application No. 15/852,309, filed on Dec. 22, 2017, granted, now 10,905,721.
Application 15/852,309 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/761,828, abandoned, previously published as PCT/US2014/013351, filed on Jan. 28, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/437,828, filed on Dec. 22, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/824,090, filed on May 16, 2013.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/849,444, filed on Jan. 28, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0113621 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C12M 1/00 (2006.01); A61K 35/19 (2015.01); C12N 5/078 (2010.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); G01N 33/86 (2006.01); C12M 1/42 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 35/19 (2013.01) [A61K 45/06 (2013.01); C12M 47/06 (2013.01); C12N 5/0018 (2013.01); C12N 5/0644 (2013.01); C12M 35/04 (2013.01); C12N 2523/00 (2013.01); G01N 33/86 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A platelet lysis apparatus comprising:
a sample tube;
a thermal mass element in thermal contact with the sample tube;
a housing supporting the sample tube and the thermal mass element;
a compressed gas source; and
a conduit extending through the thermal mass element from the compressed gas source to the sample tube to deliver a gas directly or indirectly to the sample tube.