Motor driven sampling apparatus for material collection

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7059207
SERIAL NO

10673287

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A motorized sample collection apparatus having a hollow clamshell casing with a contoured grip for the fingers, a horizontal extension to eliminate slippage when held in a user's hand, and a flange bottom portion from which a sample sleeve extends downwards. Within the clamshell casing an electric motor is mounted which drives, via spur gears the sample sleeve in a rotational manner. The distal end of the sample sleeve, is a cutting edge circumscribing a circular region. An ejection rod slides reciprocally within the sample sleeve between a retracted stowed position and an expulsion position. User cuts a sample from a substrate by engaging contact between the cutting edge of the sample sleeve and the substrate, applying pressure against the substrate and activating the motor to rotate the sample sleeve. Activation of the ejection rod towards the expulsion position displaces the sample into an appropriate collecting vessel.

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  • GE HEALTHCARE BIO-SCIENCES CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Harris, Joel Steven Gloucester, Ontario, CA 5 34

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