US Patent Issued to ETH Zurich on April 21 for "Aspiration device for determining mechanical properties of soft tissues and methods therefor" (Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,619, issued on April 21, was assigned to ETH Zurich (Zurich).

"Aspiration device for determining mechanical properties of soft tissues and methods therefor" was invented by Edoardo Mazza (Wettingen, Switzerland) and Bettina Thumm (Wallisellen, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aspiration device (110) for measuring the viscoelastic deformability of biological tissues and synthetic materials comprises a probe head (11), a probe channel (41), a pressure unit (20), a pressure sensor (31) and a control unit (60). The first probe channel (41) is connecting the pressure unit (20) providing a vacuum with the probe head and inclu...