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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
James P. Rohl, Prescott, WI (US);
Katharine Eckerline, Boston, MA (US);
Michael J. Rebrovich, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
David Lehse, Oakdale, MN (US);
Christopher A. Benning, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Oscar R. Carrillo, Jr., Attleboro, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for collecting a tissue sample includes a needle body extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal end to a distal end and including a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a plurality of cut outs extending laterally into the needle body, each of the plurality of cut outs extending at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis from an outer surface of the needle body toward the distal end thereof so that the channel is open to an exterior of the needle body via the plurality of cut outs.