System with photonic biopsy device for obtaining pathological information

US10143450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

• Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff · Eindhoven, NL
• Christian Reich · Eindhoven, NL
• Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark · Eindhoven, NL
• Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks · Eindhoven, NL
• Anja Van De Stolpe · Vught, NL
• Stephan Voss · Munich, DE
• Axel Winkel · Crivitz, DE
• Marjolen Van Der Voort · Valkenswaard, NL
• Vishnu Vardhan Pully · Eindhoven, NL
• Gerhardus Wilhelmus Lucassen · Eindhoven, NL
• Susanne Dorien Van Den Berg-Dams · Eindhoven, NL
• Jarich Willem Spliethoff · Utrecht, NL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 28, 2013
• Grant date: Dec 4, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 8, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2560/0487
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A biopsy device includes a tubular member, a hollow shaft and an elongated fiber body having at least one optical fiber. The hollow shaft has a laterally (sidewardly) facing notch in its distal portion. The tubular member is movable relative to the shaft, between a first position in which the notch is covered by the tubular member, and a second position in which the notch is not covered by the tubular member. The shaft is movable between a first position in which the distal end of the optical fiber is located at the distal end of the shaft with the elongated fiber body extending through the notch, and a second position in which the distal end of the at least one optical fiber is located proximally to the notch.