Global Patent Index - EP 4164503 A4

EP 4164503 A4 20240207 - DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL CELL COLLECTION AND METHOD OF USE

Title (en)

DEVICE FOR BIOLOGICAL CELL COLLECTION AND METHOD OF USE

Title (de)

VORRICHTUNG ZUR ENTNAHME BIOLOGISCHER ZELLEN UND VERFAHREN ZUR VERWENDUNG

Title (fr)

DISPOSITIF DE COLLECTE DE CELLULES BIOLOGIQUES ET PROCÉDÉ D'UTILISATION

Publication

EP 4164503 A4 20240207 (EN)

Application

EP 20940693 A 20200616

Priority

US 2020037883 W 20200616

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2021257058A1] A device for collecting a biological sample in a patient, the device including an inflatable portion attached to a tubular member, and designed to expand from within the tubular member when inflated and to retract within the tubular member, a surface on the inflatable portion provided with varied thickness to facilitate movement of the inflatable portion between an expanded state and a retracted state, and a plurality of projections on the surface to allow collection of the biological sample when the inflatable portion is in the expanded state.

IPC 8 full level

A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0216 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2021257058 A1 20211223; AU 2020453916 A1 20221222; CA 3186131 A1 20211223; CN 115955941 A 20230411; EP 4164503 A1 20230419; EP 4164503 A4 20240207; JP 2023536683 A 20230829

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2020037883 W 20200616; AU 2020453916 A 20200616; CA 3186131 A 20200616; CN 202080102043 A 20200616; EP 20940693 A 20200616; JP 2022577626 A 20200616