METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING TISSUE SAMPLES

Abstract: a cartridge for dissociating tissue, comprising: a processing chamber comprising a stator, a side wall, a top orifice, and a first processing chamber port positioned in the side wall; and a grinder assembly comprising a plunger comprising a rotor, a grinder assembly slidably positioned in the processing chamber through the top orifice; wherein: the stator comprises a plurality of teeth arranged in a spaced-apart array of rings; and the rotor comprises one or more central teeth and a plurality of teeth arranged in a spaced-apart array of rings, wherein one ring of teeth is positioned at or substantially at a circumference of the rotor; wherein the rings in the stator and the rings in the rotor are positioned such that when the rotor contacts the stator, rings of teeth in the stator mesh with the one or more central teeth and rings of teeth in the rotor

Inventor(s): John BASHKIN, Stevan Bogdan JOVANOVICH, Danielle MEYER, Nathan PEREIRA, Kaiwan CHEAR, David EBERHART

CPC Classification: C12N15/1065 ({Preparation or screening of tagged libraries, e.g. tagged microorganisms by STM-mutagenesis, tagged polynucleotides, gene tags})

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