Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and devices for cutting and collecting soft tissue
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Application No.: US13275273Application Date: 2011-10-17
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Publication No.: US09603586B2Publication Date: 2017-03-28
- Inventor: James W. Vetter , Ary S. Chernomorsky , Mark J. Clifford , Dan Brounstein , Scott C. Anderson
- Applicant: James W. Vetter , Ary S. Chernomorsky , Mark J. Clifford , Dan Brounstein , Scott C. Anderson
- Applicant Address: US CA San Francisco
- Assignee: ENCAPSULE MEDICAL, LLC
- Current Assignee: ENCAPSULE MEDICAL, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Francisco
- Agent Scott M. Smith
- Main IPC: A61B17/32
- IPC: A61B17/32 ; A61B10/02 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B18/14

Abstract:
Devices and methods for cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue. The device may include an integrated cut and collect assembly. The integrated cut and collect assembly includes a cutting portion and a collection portion that includes a flexible membrane. The collection portion of the assembly is attached to the cutting portion thereof. The cutting portion is configured to cut the specimen from the mass of tissue and the collection portion is configured to collect the cut specimen and to encapsulate and isolate the cut specimen within the membrane to enable its safe retraction from the mass of tissue.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120035503A1 METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CUTTING AND COLLECTING SOFT TISSUE Public/Granted day:2012-02-09
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