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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2011
Kenneth M. Zinn, Westport, CT (US);
Mark Fisher, Sellersville, PA (US);
Kenneth M. Zinn, Westport, CT (US);
Mark Fisher, Sellersville, PA (US);
Medical Components, Inc., Harleysville, PA (US);
Innovative Medical Devices, LLC., Westport, CT (US);
Abstract
An insertion device for taking samples within a body. The insertion device includes a trigger housing, an outer sheath assembly, a sampling device, and a resilient member. The trigger housing includes an interior channel in which the resilient member is disposed to urge the outer sheath assembly away from a proximal end of the trigger housing. The outer sheath assembly is disposed within the interior channel of the trigger housing. The outer sheath assembly includes a body and an outer sheath attached to a distal end of the body. The sampling device is removably disposed within the outer sheath assembly and the trigger housing. The sampling device may be a removable biopsy needle assembly which is used to cock the insertion device. The removable biopsy needle assembly may be removed from the insertion device and be replaced by a needle assembly for fine needle aspiration.