US Patent Issued to HISTOLOGICS on May 26 for "Scrape and sweep frictional tissue sampling and collection method and device" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,992, issued on May 26, was assigned to HISTOLOGICS LLC (Anaheim, Calif.).

"Scrape and sweep frictional tissue sampling and collection method and device" was invented by Neal Marc Lonky (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment of the invention, a frictional tissue sampling device for obtaining a histological sample from an epithelial layer includes a platform with an axis, an abrasive material comprising a plurality of fibers associated with the platform, where the abrasive material is adapted to abrade the epithelial layer to dislodge the histological sample, where rotation of the platform around the axis r...