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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2003
Eric L. Buehlmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lisanne A. Eng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christine P. Ventura, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Laird, Pinole, CA (US);
Frank Ingle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Eric L. Buehlmann, Redwood City, CA (US);
Lisanne A. Eng, San Mateo, CA (US);
Christine P. Ventura, San Jose, CA (US);
Robert J. Laird, Pinole, CA (US);
Frank Ingle, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Artemis Medical, Inc., Hayward, CA (US);
Abstract
A tissue localizing and separating assembly comprises a shaft, having a distal shaft portion, and a tissue separator device extending along the shaft. The tissue separator device has a distal separator part at the distal shaft portion movable between a retracted state, towards the distal shaft portion, and an outwardly extending, operational state, away from the distal shaft portion. A tissue localization assembly has a radially-expandable end. An elongate coupler may be used to dock the tissue localization assembly to the tissue separator device.