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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
John Kevin Bruce, Burlington, KY (US);
Mark Graham, Maineville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/02 (2006.01); F16C 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); F16C 1/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A biopsy device includes a body, a needle, a cutter, and a cutter drive mechanism. The needle extends distally from the body. The cutter is movable relative to the needle to sever a tissue sample. The cutter drive mechanism is driven by a rotary drive cable and is configured to both rotate and translate the cutter. The cutter drive mechanism is further configured to reverse the transition direction of the cutter wile the drive provided by the rotary drive cable is in a continuous rotary direction.