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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2012
Anthony J. Melchiorri, Normal, IL (US);
Allen E. Hacker, Bloomington, IN (US);
Casey L. Brown, Bedford, IN (US);
Chris Ferree, Bloomington, IN (US);
Danielle N. Joaquin, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Torsten Schreiber, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Ryan Krieger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vincent Mangus, Ellettsville, IN (US);
John R. Brumleve, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Chase Wooley, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Brent Hillard, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Bill Prosise, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gregg Arthur, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Anthony J. Melchiorri, Normal, IL (US);
Allen E. Hacker, Bloomington, IN (US);
Casey L. Brown, Bedford, IN (US);
Chris Ferree, Bloomington, IN (US);
Danielle N. Joaquin, Tinley Park, IL (US);
Torsten Schreiber, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Ryan Krieger, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Vincent Mangus, Ellettsville, IN (US);
John R. Brumleve, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Chase Wooley, Floyds Knobs, IN (US);
Brent Hillard, Elizabethtown, KY (US);
Bill Prosise, Bloomington, IN (US);
Gregg Arthur, Ellettsville, IN (US);
Cook Medical Technologies LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Abstract
Total core biopsy devices and methods of use are provided for taking a total core biopsy sample and a means for using the devices that provide for an adequate sample size and quality while being light-weight, easy to use, small, inexpensive, and permitting one-handed operation and beveled edges to reduce trauma to the surrounding tissue and organs from which a total core biopsy sample may be taken.