Patent ID: 8591459
Filing Date: 2013-11-26
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus, comprising: (a) a handpiece; (b) a shaft extending distally from the handpiece, wherein the shaft includes a distal end; (c) a conduit extending through the shaft; (d) an end effector positioned at the distal end of the shaft, wherein the end effector includes a port in fluid communication with the conduit; and (e) a biomarker collection assembly in fluid communication with the conduit, wherein the biomarker collection assembly is configured to draw in biomarkers through the port and store or process the biomarkers, wherein the biomarker collection assembly comprises a biomarker sensor configured to detect biomarkers communicated through the conduit, wherein the biomarker sensor comprises a cantilever beam coupled with a beam shaft, wherein the cantilever beam comprises one or more substances selected to attract one or more specific biomarkers, such that the one or more specific biomarkers will collect on the cantilever beam as a fluid containing the biomarkers is communicated across the cantilever beam, wherein the cantilever beam is rigid and rotatable about an axis defined by the beam shaft, wherein the biomarker sensor is configured to detect rotation of the cantilever beam about the axis defined by the beam shaft.