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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2017
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A biopsy device includes an elongate member and a tissue anchor. The elongate member has a lumen and a sample receiving notch. The sample receiving notch has a proximal end wall, a distal end wall, and a floor between the proximal end wall and the distal end wall. The proximal end wall has a vacuum hole in fluid communication with the lumen. The tissue anchor has a plurality of cantilever portions. Each cantilever portion of the plurality of cantilever portions has a curved end, with a tip of the curved end configured to extend toward the floor of the sample receiving notch.