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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Applicant:
Kevin Richardson, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kevin Richardson, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a method of obtaining tissue from a body portion. The method includes providing a wire matrix with a covering in a collapsed configuration, advancing the wire matrix through a body lumen to the body portion, expanding the wire matrix, passing at least a portion of the covering against the body portion so as to deposit tissue on the covering, and removing the wire matrix and the covering via the body lumen.