Patent ID: 8468891
Filing Date: 2013-06-25
Classification: A61B,B01D,B33Y,G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for measuring tissue particle size, wherein the device comprises: (a) a housing; (b) a reservoir defined by the housing; (c) an ultrasonic transducer in communication with the reservoir; (d) control circuitry in communication with the ultrasonic transducer, wherein the control circuitry is operable to drive the ultrasonic transducer to emit ultrasonic energy toward tissue particles in the reservoir, wherein the control circuitry is further operable to process received ultrasonic energy data to determine the size of tissue particles in the reservoir; and (e) a fluid removal chamber, wherein the fluid removal chamber is operable to separate the tissue particles from a fluid, wherein the control circuitry is further operable to provide communication of tissue particles from the reservoir to the fluid removal chamber based at least in part on the determined size of the tissue particles in the reservoir.