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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 25, 2006
Mark J. Clifford, Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James W. Vetter, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Daniel M. Brounstein, Fremont, CA (US);
Ary S. Chernomorsky, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Mark J. Clifford, Los Altos, CA (US);
Scott C. Anderson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
James W. Vetter, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Daniel M. Brounstein, Fremont, CA (US);
Ary S. Chernomorsky, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Rubicor Medical, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices and methods for collecting or cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue within a patient. The device may include a specimen collection assembly including a flexible membrane that isolates collected specimen from the surrounding tissue. The collection device may also include structures that draw the collected specimen toward the shaft and/or otherwise ease the insertion and retraction of the device and the collected specimen from the patient through a small incision.