Patent ID: 11879121
Assignee: CISNOVO
Field: Measurement (Instruments)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 18:
19. A disaggregation system, comprising:
a console including:
a housing;
a pod holder plate; and
a motive applicator mounted in the housing and configured to move the pod holder plate; and

a sample pod configured for holding tissue to be disaggregated, the sample pod including:
a collector component configured for mounting to the pod holder plate;
a tissue holder sleeve configured for holding tissue to be disaggregated; and
a disaggregation screen;

wherein the tissue holder sleeve configured to nest into the collector component and interlocked thereto by a pod interlocking coupling; the pod interlocking coupling includes an internal coupling on the collector component and an external coupling on the tissue holder sleeve, wherein the external coupling on the tissue holder sleeve is disposed between ends of the tissue holder sleeve;
wherein the sample pod further includes a weight, the weight configured to be disposed in tissue holder sleeve to assist in disaggregation of tissue, the weight has a diameter less than a diameter of the tissue holder sleeve, thereby the weight can rotate, and move in multiple axes during operation of the disaggregation system, and
wherein, tissue can be disposed in the sample pod, the sample pod configured to be mounted on the pod holder plate of the console, and when the motive applicator moves the pod holder plate with the sample pod thereon, tissue in the sample pod configured to be disaggregated into cells.