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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:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Anthony N. Kalloo, Baltimore, MD (US);
David H. Gracias, Baltimore, MD (US);
Florin M. Selaru, Catonsville, MD (US);
Evin Gultepe, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mouen A. Khashab, Towson, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00345 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00876 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention utilizes tetherless microtools to biopsy tissue. The invention provides a device and method for deployment and retrieval of tetherless microtools. The size of the microtools ensures that tissue damage at a site targeted for biopsy is negligible. As such, large numbers of microtools may be deployed ensuring that a true statistical sampling of biologic tissue is performed.