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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:
Aug. 30, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
William C Allen, Columbia, MO (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
128754 ; 606170 ; 606179 ; 606180 ;
Abstract
A biopsy device for obtaining biopsy specimens from hard or soft tissue includes a biopsy extracting member which may be inserted into a cannula and a removable biopsy specimen holder which is preferably threaded into the biopsy extracting member. The specimen holder preferably includes a cutting edge (e.g., serrated for hard tissue, slicing for soft tissue), and retaining fishscales or scallop members for securely holding The biopsy specimen. Once the biopsied specimen is cut from the tissue, it may be sent, within the removable specimen holder, to the pathologist for analysis.