Patents
US 11932837 B2: Tissue-processing container for automated processing of tissue, methods of use thereof, and systems comprising the same
- Granted
- 2024-03-19
- Filed
- 2020-09-16 application 17023229
- Type
- Utility · 17 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
Tissue-processing containers are disclosed for facilitating multistep processing of tissue. Also disclosed are systems incorporating the tissue-processing containers that include shakers, incubators, controllers, and pumps. Multistep methods are disclosed for processing tissues using the tissue-processing containers. The tissue-processing containers are specially designed to achieve efficiencies in automated tissue processing, exposure of tissues to processing media, and multistep tissue processing protocols. The described tissue-processing containers comprise a cup-like cavity comprising a middle hole covered by a mesh screen, troughs for separate processing steps, and are stackable in a substantially airtight and substantially watertight manner. Tissues for processing using the described tissue-processing containers include nerve tissue. Also described herein is a transport housing for the transport of stacks of tissue-processing containers, and which may directly incubate those containers, or which may be placed inside a separate incubator for incubating the containers.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg240319.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AXOGEN CORPORATION 50 patents | US company or organization | Alachua, FL | AXOGEN CORPORATION Federal lobbying client EXACT high confidence: identical full name and state | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel BAROUSSE | Gainesville, FL | 3 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Gerhard Andrew Foelsche | Rehoboth, MA | 12 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| A61B | Diagnosis; surgery; identification | A61B50/30 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| C12M | Apparatus for enzymology or microbiology; apparatus for culturing microorganisms for producing biomass, for growing cells or for obtaining fermentation or metabolic products, i.e. bioreactors or fermenters | C12M21/08 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
| B65D | Containers for storage or transport of articles or materials, e.g. bags, barrels, bottles, boxes, cans, cartons, crates, drums, jars, tanks, hoppers, forwarding containers; accessories, closures, or fittings therefor; packaging elements; packages | B65D21/00 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-19 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | PROVEN PROCESS MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. signed 2021-03-10 | AXOGEN CORPORATION ALACHUA, FL | 55644/921 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-03-17 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | BAROUSSE, DANIEL signed 2020-11-29 | AXOGEN CORPORATION ALACHUA, FL | 55629/195 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2021-03-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | FOELSCHE, GERHARD ANDREW signed 2021-01-11 | PROVEN PROCESS MEDICAL DEVICES, INC. MANSFIELD, MA | 55554/395 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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