Patent ID: 7997146
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: A61B,G01N

Abstract:
1. A device for determining the quality and solidness of the vascular wall which can be used to determine the mutual cohesiveness of individual layers of the vascular wall by a destructive method on tissue samples comprising: first and second fixation plates which are movable one relative to another and configured for receiving and fixing a tissue sample therebetween; and a connector for operatively connecting at least one of the fixation plates to a detector for providing a signal for measuring and/or recording a value corresponding to the solidness of the tissue sample with mutual abduction of the fixation plates, wherein the first and second fixation plates are each provided with respective opposing walls having holes, each of said first and second fixation plates further including outlets operatively connected to the holes and adapted for connection to a source of negative fluid pressure for fixing the tissue sample to the first and second fixation plates.