US Patent Issued to DEKA Products Ltd. Partneship on May 13 for "System and method for transferring tissue" (California, Massachusetts, New Hampshire Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,416, issued on May 13, was assigned to DEKA Products Ltd. Partneship (Manchester, N.H.).

"System and method for transferring tissue" was invented by Michael C. Tilley (Amherst, N.H.), Richard E. Andrews (Chula Vista, Calif.) and Dane C. Fawkes (Amesbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer device designed to extract an amorphous or semi-solid structure, tissue, or construct from supporting media while maintaining the spatial integrity/organizational architecture thereof. The transfer device can include a controller, an actuator assembly, a plunger, and a needle. The controller can move the transfer device and the plunger ...