Aspiration and biopsy needle apparatus and devices and applications thereof
US9820721B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 23, 2015 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 8, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2010/0258
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
This application discloses aspiration/biopsy needle apparatus, devices containing these needle apparatus, and methods using these needle apparatus and devices for aspiration or biopsy of samples, in particular biological samples from mammalian subjects. The novel aspiration/biopsy needle systems can find wide applications in the manufacture of fine needle aspiration (FNA)/biopsy devices for convenient cell harvesting and tissue sampling and analysis.
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