Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for minimally invasive internal tissue removal
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Application No.: US11369587Application Date: 2006-03-07
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Publication No.: US07670299B2Publication Date: 2010-03-02
- Inventor: Andrew T. Beckman , Gwendolyn Perez Payne , Lee Reichel
- Applicant: Andrew T. Beckman , Gwendolyn Perez Payne , Lee Reichel
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: Ethincon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Ethincon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Main IPC: A61B10/00
- IPC: A61B10/00 ; A61B17/32

Abstract:
A medical device for severing and removing small amounts of internal tissue for biopsy sampling or other purposes is disclosed. Versions of the device may include a hollow probe having a piecing tip, a tissue receiving aperture and a vacuum lumen; a cutter within the probe having a cutting edge that moves past the tissue receiving aperture, and a cutter driver mechanism. A cutter for use with versions disclosed herein may include an angled cutting tip and a cutting edge having a concave grind. Versions of the device also may include an aspirator fluidly connected to the vacuum lumen, coordinated operation of the aspirator and the cutter driver mechanism, and a fluid management system. Versions described may be used for removing multiple samples of tissue during a single insertion of the probe proximate to a target tissue mass.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070213755A1 Device for minimally invasive internal tissue removal Public/Granted day:2007-09-13
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