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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2005
Applicants:
Thomas E. Albrecht, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Elizabeth L. Sebern, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas E. Albrecht, Cincinnati, OH (US);
John A. Hibner, Mason, OH (US);
Elizabeth L. Sebern, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An excisional biopsy method is disclosed. The method can include rotating an arcuate shaped electrode around a tissue specimen, and drawing a sheath around the tissue specimen as the specimen is cut from a tissue mass. In one embodiment, the method includes tunneling to a tissue site with one electrode, and cutting with a second electrode to obtain the tissue specimen.