Patents by Inventor Michel Rastorgoueff

Michel Rastorgoueff has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for taking biological sample
    Patent number: 6792305
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for collecting a soft biological sample and to a method for using the same. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical body (10) with two openings (10A, 10B), one at each end, wherein a piston (12) with a rod (14) is inserted via a first end and the piston-and-rod assembly can be displaced back and forth inside the hollow cylindrically (10), the opening in the second end (10B) of the hollow cylindrical body (10) has a slicing edge (10B) and this second end carries a cutting wire arranged across its opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Bio-Rad Pasteur
    Inventors: Michel Rastorgoueff, Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy
  • Device and method for taking biological sample
    Publication number: 20030082797
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for taking a soft biological sample and a method for the implementation thereof. The device comprises a hollow cylindrical body (10) with two openings (10A, 10B), one at each end, wherein a piston (12) with a rod (14) is inserted via a first end and the piston and rod unit can be displaced back and forth inside the hollow cylindrical body (10). The opening of the second end (10B) of the hollow cylindrical body (10) has a cutting edge (10B). Said second end comprises a cutting wire which is disposed across the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Michel Rastorgoueff, Jean-Philippe Deslys, Emmanuel Comoy