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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2011
Applicant:
Wen Hong Neoh, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventor:
Wen Hong Neoh, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
Among other things, there is disclosed a biopsy needle having a cutting cannula axially slidable over an inner stylet. The inner stylet has a proximal portion connected to a distal portion that includes first and second spaced-apart struts. The distal portion has a tissue penetrating tip and the stylet defines a sample-containment space between the struts having first and second radially opposed lateral openings thereto. The sample-containment space of the stylet readily accepts tissue through either of the lateral openings such that a near full core of tissue can be sampled.