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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2020
Applicant:
Crossbay Medical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven R. Bacich, Half Moon Bay, CA (US);
Matthew Thomas Yurek, San Diego, CA (US);
Piush Vidyarthi, San Rafael, CA (US);
Assignee:
CrossBay Medical, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/0119 (2013.01); A61B 10/0291 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3435 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4225 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1068 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1433 (2013.01);
Abstract
An everting balloon system is disclosed that can be used for biopsy within a body of a patient or animal. The everting balloon system can be used to access a bodily cavity or vessel for tissue specimen collection at specific bodily locations. The everting catheter system described simplifies the process of tissue biopsy.