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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2018
Applicant:
Precision Thoracic, Llc, Orange, CA (US);
Inventors:
Edward M. Boyle, Jr., Bend, OR (US);
Kenneth Allan Beres, Burbank, CA (US);
Richard Fischel, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
PRECISION THORACIC, LLC, Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/30 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 17/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 10/0266 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/0057 (2013.01); A61B 17/00491 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/32056 (2013.01); A61B 17/320725 (2013.01); A61B 18/1477 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/32075 (2013.01); A61B 17/32093 (2013.01); A61B 17/3423 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0006 (2013.01); A61B 2017/005 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0065 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00349 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00508 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00606 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00659 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00663 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2017/06171 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22034 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22038 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22061 (2013.01); A61B 2017/306 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00291 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00392 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00601 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1013 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1086 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided to facilitate the minimally invasive removal of tissue and to facilitate the direct approach to anesthetizing a body wall of a patient. A pull-type cutting device also is disclosed to introduce an opening into the body wall to provide access for intra-chest surgical interventions, for example a minimally invasive biopsy technique as also described for excising target tissue from within a patient, including a nodule from within the patient's lung.