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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Inventor:
Roy H. Sullivan, Uxbridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/42 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61M 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/0291 (2013.01); A61B 10/0266 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/320016 (2013.01); A61B 17/42 (2013.01); A61M 1/0047 (2013.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0225 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00389 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320028 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320064 (2013.01); A61B 2017/4216 (2013.01); A61B 2217/005 (2013.01); A61B 2217/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tissue removal device includes an outer tubular member coupled to a housing and a having a tissue resection window, an inner tubular member slidably disposed within the outer tubular member, a tissue trap having a sealed interior in fluid communication with a vacuum chamber, an open proximal end of the inner tubular member being disposed within the tissue trap interior, and an actuator moveably coupled to the housing and operatively connected to a movable piston in the vacuum chamber, such that movement of the actuator relative to the housing generates a vacuum in the tissue trap.