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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff, Veldhoven, NL;
Christian Reich, Eindhoven, NL;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Best, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Anja Van De Stolpe, Vught, NL;
Stephan Voss, Schwerin, DE;
Axel Winkel, Zapel-Hof, DE;
Marjolen Van Der Voort, Valkenswaard, NL;
Vishnu Vardhan Pully, Eindhoven, NL;
Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen, Eindhoven, NL;
Susanne Dorien Van Den Berg-Dams, Eindhoven, NL;
Jarich Willem Spliethoff, Utrecht, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A biopsy device includes a tubular member, a hollow shaft and an elongated fiber body having at least one optical fiber. The hollow shaft has a laterally (sidewardly) facing notch in its distal portion. The tubular member is movable relative to the shaft, between a first position in which the notch is covered by the tubular member, and a second position in which the notch is not covered by the tubular member. The shaft is movable between a first position in which the distal end of the optical fiber is located at the distal end of the shaft with the elongated fiber body extending through the notch, and a second position in which the distal end of the at least one optical fiber is located proximally to the notch.