Patent ID: 9663760
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: A01N,B02C,C12M,C12N

Claim:
1. A tissue mincing tool comprising: a compartment for a tissue sample; a solid member actuatable by a handle and moveable within the compartment; a rotatable cutting surface at one end of the compartment; and a sterile, sealed container, wherein the compartment is arranged to position the tissue sample between the solid member and the rotatable cutting surface and actuation of the handle in one direction causes the solid member to move only towards the rotatable cutting surface, and further wherein the rotatable cutting surface separates the compartment from the sterile, sealed container, such that a tissue sample that is pressed, via the solid member, into contact with and through the rotatable cutting surface is deposited as a minced tissue within the sterile, sealed container.