Biopsy device

US9877706B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Devicor Medical Products, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Trevor W. V. Speeg · Batavia, US
• Edward A. Rhad · Lancaster, US
• Emmanuel V. Tanghal · Rochester, US
• Morgan R. Hunter · Cincinnati, US
• Jessica P. Leimbach · St. Bernard, US
• Andrew P. Nock · Dayton, US
• Kevin M. Fiebig · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 13, 2014
• Grant date: Jan 30, 2018
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01L3/5055
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A biopsy device includes a probe, a holster, and a tissue sample holder for collecting tissue samples. The probe includes a needle and a hollow cutter. The tissue sample holder includes a housing having a plurality of chambers that are configured to receive a plurality of strips connected by at least one flexible member. The flexible member is configured to permit the strips to pivot relative to each other such that the strips can shift between a flat configuration and a arcuate configuration. The tissue sample holder is rotatable to successively index each chamber to the cutter lumen such that tissue samples may be collected in the strips. The strips may be removed from the tissue sample holder and placed in a tissue sample holder container for imaging of tissue samples.