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Patent No.:

US 10070886 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 03, 2015

Method of harvesting tissue using sequential sections of a two dimensional array of needles

Applicant:

Medline Industries, Inc., Northfield, IL (US);

Inventors:

Marvin A. Guiles, Stow, MA (US);

Denis Labombard, Georgetown, MA (US);

Charles Sidoti, Boston, MA (US);

Sameer Sabir, Arlington, MA (US);

Assignee:

MEDLINE INDUSTRIES, INC., Northfield, IL (US);

Attorney:

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Primary Examiner:

David C Eastwood

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/322 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); B21G 1/08 (2006.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 50/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 17/322 (2013.01); A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61B 50/30 (2016.02); B21G 1/08 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0023 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00526 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00969 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2050/0065 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0807 (2016.02);
Abstract

In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to a method for harvesting biological tissue. In some embodiments, the method includes providing a device having a plurality of segments of hollow tubes, each hollow tube having at least one point at the distal end of the hollow tube, the plurality of segments forming a two dimensional array of hollow tubes, wherein each segment can include a plurality of hollow tubes; positioning the two dimensional array of hollow tubes proximal to an upper surface of a biological tissue; advancing a first segment of the two dimensional array of hollow tubes into the biological tissue to sever portions of the biological tissue from the surrounding tissue; raising the first segment of the two dimensional array of hollow tubes such that the biological tissue remains in each of the hollow tubes of the first segment; advancing a second segment of the two dimensional array of hollow tubes into the biological tissue to sever portions of the biological tissue from the surrounding tissue; and raising the second segment of the two dimensional array of hollow tubes such that the biological tissue remains in each of the hollow tubes of the second segment.

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