FRICTIONAL TRANS-EPITHELIAL TISSUE DISRUPTION AND COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF INDUCING OR AUGMENTING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE

The invention relates to trans-epithelial frictionally abrasive tissue sampling devices for performing biopsies and methods of inducing an immune response against a pathogen, wherein epithelial cells containing the pathogen are disrupted with the frictionally abrasive tissue sampling device to intro...

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Hauptverfasser: LONKY, NEAL MARC, LONKY, MARTIN L
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Zusammenfassung:The invention relates to trans-epithelial frictionally abrasive tissue sampling devices for performing biopsies and methods of inducing an immune response against a pathogen, wherein epithelial cells containing the pathogen are disrupted with the frictionally abrasive tissue sampling device to introduce the pathogen into the bloodstream of a patient.