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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2012
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Elizabeth A. Theobald, Bloomington, IN (US);
James A. Taylor, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is shown and described embodiments of a biopsy needle that is simpler to make and use than existing devices. An inner and outer cannula are provided, with the outer cannula having a superelastic finger that lies along the length of the inner cannula in a retracted position and partially covers the lumen of the inner cannula in an extended position. The finger is pointed and in the form of a triangle in a particular embodiment, and does not extend beyond the outer extent of the inner cannula in the extended position.