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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. 17, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kieran P. J. Murphy, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/000 ;
Abstract
A kit of parts for taking a biopsy sample from a hard tissue having a needle and a biopsy gun. The needle having an interior shaft and an exterior sleeve forming a tip for piercing hard tissue. The sleeve having a first attachment means and the shaft having a second attachment means complementary to the first attachment means. The biopsy gun having a sampling tip and a third attachment means that is complementary to the second attachment means. In operation, the biopsy gun is placed in the sleeve and secured by the third attachment means and when the gun is fired, a recoil is absorbed by the shaft.