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7615013 |
Methods and devices for cutting and collecting soft tissue
Devices and methods for collecting or cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue within a patient. The device may include a specimen collection assembly including a flexible membrane...
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7611474 |
Core sampling biopsy device with short coupled MRI-compatible driver
A core sampling biopsy device is compatible with use in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) environment by being driven by either a pneumatic rotary motor or a piezoelectric drive motor. The core...
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7611473 |
Tissue extraction and maceration device
Devices and methods are provided for extracting and macerating tissue, and optionally for depositing the tissue onto a tissue scaffold. The device generally includes an outer tube having a...
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7608049 |
Biopsy needle
According to one embodiment, a biopsy needle for removal of tissue from a patient includes an outer tube having a distal end and an inner tube disposed within the outer tube. The needle includes a...
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7608048 |
Rotating soft tissue biopsy needle
In one embodiment, a biopsy needle that is particularly suited for shearing and collecting soft tissue specimens is provided and is formed of an inner tube with a snare at a distal end thereof, an...
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7601125 |
Surgical, grooved director for collecting tissue in a minimally invasive manner
A surgical hollow probe for minimally invasive tissue removal comprising an elongate hollow body, an opening in the region of the distal end of the hollow body and an opening in the region of the...
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7588546 |
Biopsy gun and surgical instrument
A biopsy gun and surgical instrument for practical and innovative sample collecting of biopsies in the field of medical diagnosis. The biopsy gun and surgical instrument contains an interchangeable...
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7588545 |
Forceps and collection assembly with accompanying mechanisms and related methods of use
The invention includes a forceps and collection assembly for acquiring and storing a plurality of tissue samples in a single pass, and accompanying mechanisms for use with the forceps and...
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7585281 |
Vacuum-actuated tissue perforation device for establishing pneumoperitoneum
A tissue perforation device and method. The device preferably includes a housing having a housing pass-through, a penetrator securely and sealably positioned so that the penetrator device passes...
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7559946 |
Apparatus for insertion into a body lumen
An apparatus ( 10 ) for insertion into a body lumen ( 16 ) includes an elongate member ( 30 ) having a proximal end ( 32 ) and a distal end ( 34 ) insertable into the body lumen ( 16 ). At least...
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7534242 |
Tissue separating catheter assembly and method
A tissue-separating catheter assembly comprises a rotatable shaft, having a distal shaft portion, and a tissue separator device extending along the shaft. The tissue separator device has a distal...
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7517321 |
Quick cycle biopsy system
A method for extracting a tissue sample includes altering the pressure inside the lumen of a cannula to facilitate extraction of a tissue sample from the cannula. One aspect of the invention...
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7513877 |
Tissue sampling and removal apparatus and method
A tissue sampling device ( 10 ) for retrieving one or more tissue samples from a patient is either handheld or mounted to a moveable carriage ( 184 ) and advanced so that the needle tip ( 152 ) is...
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7510534 |
Method for operating biopsy device
A method is provided for calibrating a surgical biopsy system. The biopsy system includes a biopsy instrument and control unit. The biopsy instrument includes a piercer, rotatable cutter, and a...
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7507209 |
Method of establishing pneumoperitoneum
A tissue perforation device and method. The device preferably includes a housing having a housing pass-through, a penetrator device securely and sealably positioned so that the penetrator device...
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7497833 |
Biopsy apparatus with vacuum relief
A biopsy apparatus including a housing having a distal end, an outer cannula, an inner cannula, at least one motor, a vacuum source, and a leak path is disclosed. The outer cannula defines a first...
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7494473 |
Electrical apparatus and system with improved tissue capture component
Electrosurgical tissue specimen recovery apparatus and system employing a multi-leaf capture component configured with pursing cables which are electrosurgically excited to define a cutting leading...
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7491176 |
Kit for obtaining an endoarterial biopsy sample
A kit for obtaining an endoarterial biopsy sample from a patient including packaging material enclosing one or more kit components; the kit components include instruments use to perform a surgical...
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7488296 |
Multifunctional actuator rod and handle for pushing a driver cable of a biopsy grasping instrument
A plastic disposable scissor-action biopsy or grasping tool handle has a standard adapter tube attached to a front arm of the handle. An actuator rod attaches to the handle with the standard biopsy...
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7488295 |
Tissue acquisition system and method of use
A tissue acquisition system includes radio frequency (RF) cutter loops which are extendable out a cannula to cut cylindrical tissue samples from a tissue of interest in a patient. The cannula...
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7481817 |
Instrument for surgically cutting tissue and method of use
An instrument for precisely cutting tissue to controlled dimensions (length, width, depth, and shape) is provided for the removal of tissue specimens from remote sites in the body of a patient,...
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7481775 |
Biopsy device incorporating an adjustable probe sleeve
Devices and methods for varying the size of a tissue sample in a biopsy device are disclosed. The biopsy device includes a needle with a tissue aperture and an inner cutter which translates within...
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7470237 |
Biopsy instrument with improved needle penetration
The present invention provides a biopsy instrument with improved needle penetration for piercing dense tissue. The device may comprise a needle slidably retained in a housing. The device may...
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7468042 |
Localization element with energized tip
This invention is an improved tissue-localizing device with an electrically energized locator element for fixedly yet removably marking a volume of tissue containing a suspect region for excision....
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7468041 |
Modular surgical instrument with reciprocable implement
Surgical instruments for use in minimally invasive surgery are described. The instruments have parts that are easily separable and easily assembled. A reciprocal slide member is operable by a cam...
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7458940 |
Biopsy apparatus
A biopsy apparatus having a disposable cutting element and a reusable handpiece is disclosed. The disposable cutting element includes an inner cannula that defines an inner lumen and terminates in...
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7449000 |
Medical instrument
A medical instrument includes a housing, a stylet having a portion in the housing, a cannula coaxially receiving the stylet and having a portion in the housing, and a member slidably coupled to the...
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7445603 |
Apparatus for removable distal internal cassette for in situ fixation and specimen processing with serial collection and storage of biopsy specimens
An apparatus for performing a medical procedure comprises an elongated flexible member having an aperture extending longitudinally therethrough and an actuator positioned within the aperture. There...
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7442171 |
Remote thumbwheel for a surgical biopsy device
The present application is directed to an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, cable driven breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine wherein...
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7442170 |
Apparatus for punch biopsy
A punch biopsy apparatus for removing all or a portion of a suspect dermal growth. A punch biopsy apparatus has: a hollow cylinder body; a coring blade at the base of the hollow cylinder body; and...
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7438692 |
Localization mechanism for an MRI compatible biopsy device
A localization mechanism, or fixture, is used in conjunction with a breast coil for breast compression and for guiding a core biopsy instrument during prone stereotactic biopsy procedures in both...
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7435230 |
Obtained tissue extractor and biopsy forceps
An obtained tissue extractor is used in combination with a biopsy forceps. The biopsy forceps includes an elongate insertion portion to be inserted into a body, and a biopsy cup provided at a tip...
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7425202 |
Non-seeding biopsy device and method
Tissue biopsy is performed through a central passage of a cannula covered with a protective sleeve. The protective sleeve is attached at one end to a location at or near a distal end of the...
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7419472 |
Biopsy instrument with internal specimen collection mechanism
A biopsy instrument with an internal specimen collection mechanism is provided.
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7416533 |
Marking biopsy sites
A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described.
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7405056 |
Tissue punch and tissue sample labeling methods and devices for microarray preparation, archiving and documentation
A workstation that provides an efficient method to collect biological tissues in a column tissue array format from blocks of embedded, frozen tissues, or fresh tissues. The workstation has a...
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7377902 |
Biopsy anchor device with cutter
A device for accessing and for isolating a desired site within a patient's body, and for obtaining a body of tissue from a patient at the site that includes an electrosurgical cutting electrode...
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7351210 |
Biopsy device with piston advance
A biopsy device is provided. The biopsy device can include a cutter which is advanced through a first portion of its stroke by a differential fluid pressure acting on a piston. A mechanical drive...
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7347829 |
Introduction system for minimally invasive surgical instruments
A medical system is disclosed that includes a cannula, an introducer stylet removably disposed within the cannula and a target confirmation device selectively insertable within the cannula. In an...
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7341564 |
Biopsy forceps device with transparent outer sheath
An endoscopic biopsy device having an outer sheath that is transparent, at least along a portion thereof, to allow visualization of at least a portion of the inside of the device. A distal portion...
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7335165 |
Method and apparatus for taking a biopsy
There is described method and apparatus for taking a biopsy wherein the apparatus is formed of a biocompatible cylindrical member with an outer wall and a hollow core, the cylindrical member having...
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7329267 |
Medical cutting devices and methods of use
Intravascular cutting device that does not require an inflatable balloon for blade deployment. A cutting wire can be reversibly moved between a retracted, non-cutting position in which the cutting...
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7329228 |
Methods and apparatus for securing medical instruments to desired locations in a patient's body
Devices and methods are provided for securely affixing a medical instrument to desired tissue in a patient's body, using a fixation agent. Such medical instruments may comprise localization wires...
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7322940 |
Breast biopsy system and methods
An instrument assembly and method are described for isolating a target lesion in a patient's body tissue, resulting in a high likelihood of “clean” margins about the lesion when it is removed...
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7311674 |
End effector assembly cap and tissue removal device and related methods
Embodiments of the invention include a cap for a medical device. The cap includes a body defining a cavity configured to accommodate at least a portion of an end effector assembly of the medical...
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7311673 |
Biopsy device
A biopsy device comprises a biopsy instrument, suitable for collecting at least one tissue sample from a body lumen, such as a mammary duct, and a cutter introducer sized for receiving the biopsy...
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7311672 |
Device for biopsy of tumors
A device and method of use for securing and coring of tumors within the body during a biopsy of the tumor, specifically breast tumors. An adhesion probe for securing the tumor is described. The...
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7303531 |
Excisional biopsy devices and methods
An excisional biopsy device includes a tubular member having a window near a distal tip thereof; a cutting tool, a distal end of the cutting tool being attached near the distal tip of the tubular...
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7282034 |
Tissue accessing and anchoring device and method
The invention provides systems, methods and a node accessing and anchoring device, comprising an elongated shaft, a tissue cutting member, at least one anchoring element extending from a position...
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7278972 |
Combined bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy device
A combined bone marrow aspiration and core biopsy device. A large bore cannula includes a coaxial stylet which seals both ends of the cannula, allowing fluid to be aspirated through the space...
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