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Biopsy surgical appliance

US5951489A · kind A · utility

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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 16, 1998
Grant dateSep 14, 1999
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Expiry dateSep 16, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2010/0208
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A biopsy surgical appliance includes a stylet slider sliding in a longitudinal plane and placed laterally with respect to a longitudinal axis, a cannula slider sliding in a longitudinal plan placed laterally with respect to the axis of a needle and not interfering in the operative framework of stylet slider, holding/releasing device made up of a first independent hooking/releasing device for stylet slider, a second independent hooking/releasing device for cannula slider, two independent single control push-buttons of which the first one acts on the first hooking/releasing device and the second one is of the progressive type and acts in progression on said first hooking/releasing device at the first device if it has not been released yet and then on the second hooking/releasing device.

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