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7625346 Transbronchial needle aspiration device  
Transbronchial needle aspiration (TBNA) device. In one embodiment, the device comprises a handle and a flexible catheter, the handle having a bore, the proximal end of the catheter being fixed...
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...
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...
7575556 Deployment device interface for biopsy device  
A biopsy device includes a tissue sample holder and a cutter defining a cutter lumen. In one example, the tissue sample holder has a manifold, a plurality of chambers that are configured to...
7572410 Core sampling device intended to assemble tissue arrays  
A core sampling device includes a core sampling punch, a core excision punch that makes a recess in a receiver body, and an ejector that expels a sample core into the receiver body. The core...
7572236 Biopsy device with fluid delivery to tissue specimens  
The invention is directed to a system and method for separating and collecting one or more tissue specimens from a target site within a patient and flushing the specimen to remove blood, debris and...
7556622 Selectively openable tissue filter  
A tissue filter for medical collection is disclosed. The tissue filter includes a first member, a second member, and filter material secured thereto. The first and second members are selectively...
7517322 Biopsy device with variable side aperture  
A biopsy device and method are provided for obtaining a tissue sample, such as a breast tissue biopsy sample. The biopsy device may include an outer cannula having a distal piercing tip, a cutter...
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...
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...
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...
7494494 Controllable motorized device for percutaneous needle placement in soft tissue target and methods and systems related thereto  
Featured is an apparatus that places or locates a proximal end portion of a penetrating member in a target area of a body. Such an apparatus or needle driver is particularly suited for locating a...
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...
7491177 Biopsy needle and method  
A biopsy needle, where at least a portion thereof is configured from a non-ferrous and/or non-conductive material that reduces or eliminates MRI artifact while retaining desirable levels of...
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...
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...
7473232 Obtaining a tissue sample  
A device with a sampling portion configured to engage, sever, and remove tissue from a body can be used to obtain one or more tissue samples from the body. The device can be used to obtain multiple...
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...
7465279 Marker device and method of deploying a cavity marker using a surgical biopsy device  
A biopsy marker introduction assembly is configured for introduction through a specimen retrieval recess into a probe cutter lumen of a handheld breast biopsy handle. Advancing the cutter causes an...
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...
7452367 Method and apparatus for transplanting a hair graft  
A hair transplant apparatus and method capture a hair graft into a hair graft chamber readily aligned for implantation into the human scalp. The hair graft can be placed into the hair graft chamber...
7419472 Biopsy instrument with internal specimen collection mechanism  
A biopsy instrument with an internal specimen collection mechanism is provided.
7416533 Marking biopsy sites  
A needle biopsy system for marking a sampling site is described.
7390306 Vacuum assisted biopsy needle set  
A needle set for a biopsy device is disclosed. The needle set includes an outer member, a cylinder lumen within said outer member, an inner member having a cannula and an inner lumen. The inner...
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...
7235055 Sampling device including transponder for electronic tracking and identification  
A sampling device ( 10 ) characterised by a male portion comprising a male base portion ( 12 ) and a sample removal means ( 30 ), and a female portion comprising a first female base portion ( 14 )...
7226459 Reciprocating rotary arthroscopic surgical instrument  
A surgical instrument includes a cutting member with an implement for cutting tissue, and a drive coupled to the cutting member to simultaneously rotate and translate the cutting member in response...
7226424 Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue  
Instruments for performing percutaneous biopsy procedures are disclosed, which have advantageous features for improving functionality and performance over prior art devices. These instruments...
7204812 Transendoscopic needle assembly  
A medical device for obtaining biopsy tissue samples is provided. The device includes a flexible outer tubular member having proximal and distal ends, and a flexible inner member slidably and...
7192404 MRI compatible surgical biopsy device having a tip which leaves an artifact  
A biopsy device which is compatible for use with a magnetic resonance imaging machine. The device includes a non-metallic elongated substantially tubular needle having a distal end, a proximal end,...
7189207 Biopsy system having a single use loading unit operable with a trocar driver, a knife driver and firing module  
A biopsy system for retrieving biopsy tissue samples from different regions of the body is disclosed. The biopsy system includes a single use loading unit having a trocar assembly and a knife...
7186252 Endoscopic mucosal resection device and method of use  
A medical apparatus and method useful for resecting tissue from the gastrointestinal tract are disclosed. The apparatus can include an RF tissue cutting device disposed inward of a side opening in...
7172604 Follicular extraction punch and method  
Provided herein is an instrument and method useful to incise in to the skin to a precise depth and at a specific angle with respect to the surface of the skin of a patient, for the extraction of...
7147607 Transendoscopic double needle assembly  
A medical device for obtaining biopsy tissue samples is provided includes a flexible outer tubular member having proximal and distal ends, and an inner tubular member slidably and coaxially...
7066893 Biopsy method  
A biopsy device having an insert and related method are disclosed. The insert permits a user to obtain a tissue sample surrounding a center core(s) of removed tissue. The additional tissue provides...
7015045 Cigua-dart method for detection of ciguatera toxins  
A device for rapidly collecting tissue samples from organisms serves as a reaction chamber. It includes a solvent used to extract the analyte, a filter, and optional bioconcentrators. The filtered...
6981949 Perimeter cut biopsy probe  
A biopsy device having an insert is disclosed. The insert permits a user to obtain a tissue sample surrounding a center core(s) of removed tissue. The additional tissue provides an effective...
6976968 Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue  
A tissue sampling apparatus comprises a tubular body having a primary lumen for receiving a tissue sample. The tubular body includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending...
6942627 Surgical biopsy device having a flexible cutter  
A biopsy probe for the collection of at least one soft tissue sample from a surgical patient. The biopsy probe has a frame and an elongated piercing element having a proximal end attached to the...
6887209 Pulsed vacuum and/or flow method and apparatus for tissue removal  
A method of controlling a surgical cutting device, the device including a hollow needle with a port for tissue entry and a moveable cutting blade for severing tissue entering the needle through the...
6799970 Dental implant  
A dental implant for anchoring in a bone structure, comprising a head intended to support a dental prosthesis and a threaded root of cylindrical substance, in which the threaded root has an...
6770070 Lung treatment apparatus and method  
A method and apparatus for obtaining a lung biopsy with an apparatus capable of sealing tears within the lung and pleural space to reduce the risk of pneumothorax or pulmonary hemorrhage. The...
6730044 Firing mechanism for use in a surgical biopsy device  
The invention described herein is an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, cable driven breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine. The biopsy...
6702760 Biopsy and coagulant device  
The biopsy device has a biopsy channel connected to an aspiration and collecting chamber and at least one application channel connected to a dispensing chamber integrally connected with the...
6656132 Endoscopic tissue collecting instrument  
An endoscopic tissue collecting instrument includes an outer sheath that has an annular blade portion formed on the outer periphery of its distal end and which has a tissue retaining recess formed...
6592555 Syringe device  
A syringe device includes a barrel in which a stopper connected to a plunger is movably received, and an engaging section extends from an end of the barrel. A base member is disengagably received...
6589240 Tissue biopsy apparatus with collapsible cutter  
A surgical apparatus for removing a portion of tissue comprising an elongated body having a distal edge, a collapsible cutting member mounted to the elongated body, having an opening therethrough...
6527731 Control systems for biopsy devices  
A system adapted to control the operation of a fine needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy device provided with a syringe to which is transferred a tissue sample extracted from an internal target in the...
6488636 Biopsy apparatus  
An apparatus and method for the biopsy of tissue specimens and, more particularly, a single insertion multiple sample percutaneous biopsy apparatus and method are provided. A tip at a distal end of...
6478751 Bone marrow aspiration needle  
The present invention provides an aspiration device that includes an outer cannula 16 , a stylet 14 , and an aspiration needle 80 . The aspiration needle includes hollow cannula 82 and an...
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