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Lung biopsy devices, systems and methods for locating and biopsying an object

US11304685B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

Michael Allen Greminger · Sauk Centre, US
Anastasia Zink · Minneapolis, US
Brian Krohn · Saint Paul, US
Amit Goyal · Knoxville, US
Roy Joseph Cho · Edina, US
H. Erhan Dincer · Saint Paul, US
Felix Zamora · Albuquerque, US
Gills Fai · Duluth, US
Sarah Ostlie · Roseville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 19, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 17, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2010/045
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

According to embodiments, a substantially coaxial arrangement of a camera, a light source, and an ultrasonic sensor can be positioned in an housing of a system that can be deployed from the tool port of a standard bronchoscope. Illumination from the light source facilitates positioning of the system by an operator using information from the camera. The ultrasonic system can determine when an object to be biopsied is adjacent to a biopsy needle.

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