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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2017
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Christopher A. Benning, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Adam Charles Bechtold, Madison, CT (US);
Scott E. Brechbiel, Acton, MA (US);
Paul J. Smith, Smithfield, RI (US);
Jeffrey V. Bean, Fitchburg, MA (US);
John B. Golden, Norton, MA (US);
Barry Weitzner, Acton, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A biopsy device may include a first jaw having a first distal tip configured to pierce tissue, and a second jaw movable relative to the first jaw between a closed configuration where the first jaw and the second jaw are axially aligned, and an open configuration where the first jaw and the second jaw are offset from one another, the second jaw having a second distal tip proximal to the first distal tip in the closed configuration.