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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Brian D Bucalo, Pompano, FL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128754 ;
Abstract
A biopsy instrument combines a tissue penetrating device including a cutting member with a specimen retaining and retrieval device. The specimen retaining and retrieval device is detachably connected to the tissue penetrating device and operates, after the cutting member has penetrated into tissue, to separate a specimen of tissue enclosed by the cutting member from surrounding tissue. The specimen retaining and retrieval device can then, while retaining the specimen therein, be detached from the tissue penetrating device and transferred to a desired location such as a vial containing preservative solution for the specimen.