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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Christian Reich, Eindhoven, NL;
Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff, Eindhoven, NL;
Torre Michelle Bydlon, Eindhoven, NL;
Vijay Parthasarathy, Andover, MA (US);
Sven Stoffelen, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus Marinus Antonius Maria Van Gaal, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A biopsy device with a hollow shaft is suggested, the shaft having a wall and a distal end portion, wherein a sidewardly facing notch is formed in the distal end portion. At least two optical fibers are arranged in the wall of the shaft so that end surfaces of the fibers are arranged in a longitudinal direction at opposite positions with respect to the notch.