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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2015
Applicant:
3dbiopsy Llc, Vail, CO (US);
Inventors:
Nelson N. Stone, Vail, CO (US);
Dave A. Schechter, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
3DBIOPSY LLC, Vail, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0241 (2013.01); A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 2019/545 (2013.01);
Abstract
A biopsy needle assembly for excising a tissue specimen from a target tissue in an animal includes a mandrel with a core bed having an inner surface forming a projection for marking the tissue specimen at excision. The projections can be longitudinal and transverse in the core bed, and can project from an end of the core bed into the core bed. The projections can include a marking agent for marking the tissue specimen.