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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2013
Applicant:
Cook Medical Technologies Llc, Bloomington, IN (US);
Inventors:
Derek Roe Eller, Orient, OH (US);
Ryan Nowicki, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
COOK MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Bloomington, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01);
Abstract
A drive system is provided for rotating and translating a biopsy member. The drive system includes housing having an opening having housing threads. A device gear within the opening has device gear threads that mate with the housing threads. A biopsy member is fixed to the device gear. The device gear threads have gear teeth that mate with pinion teeth that are disposed circumferentially on a pinion. A drive is configured to rotate the pinion thereby rotating and translating the biopsy member relative to the housing.