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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2012
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Cleon Stanley, Bloomington, IN (US);
Erik Hughes, Batavia, OH (US);
James Taylor, Bloomington, IN (US);
Elizabeth A. Theobald, Bloomington, IN (US);
Ryan Nowicki, Bloomington, IN (US);
Meridith Cavett, Dexter, MI (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
There is disclosed, among other things, embodiments of a biopsy needle for taking a full core sample through soft tissue. In the illustrated embodiments, an inner tubular member having a semi-cylindrical distal end is within and slidable with respect to an outer tubular member. A semi-cylindrical channel is in the distal end, as well as a planar end surface. The channel has a set of one or more protrusions or texture, and a complementary set of protrusions or texture are placed on the inside of the outer member so that the sets of protrusions or texture face each other when the distal ends of the members are adjacent each other. Methods for using these embodiments are also described.