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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2022
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2018
C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Stanley O. Thompson, New Boston, NH (US);
Timothy J. Coonahan, Sterling, MA (US);
Jon Taylor, Groton, MA (US);
C.R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Abstract
A single-insertion biopsy device includes a cannula having an extraction position at a distal end and a recovery opening at a proximal end. A first elongate element has a first distal end and a second elongate element has a second distal end. The first elongate element and the second elongate element are configured to move between the extraction position and the recovery opening, and to move with respect to each other to define an open configuration and a closed configuration. In the closed configuration, the first and second distal ends are mutually radially opposite such that the first elongate element and the second elongate element surround a volume. A drive unit is configured to move the first elongate element and the second elongate element between the open and closed configurations, and to move the first and second distal ends in unison from the extraction position to the recovery opening.