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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...
7611475 Rotational core biopsy device with liquid cryogen adhesion probe  
A device for biopsy of body tissue. The device is driven by liquid CO2, and is provided with a control system to control various components to effectuate rotating core biopsies.
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...
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...
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...
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...
7585282 Single-handed biopsy system  
An automatic tissue sampling apparatus for use with a biopsy needle set includes a housing defining a cavity and a forward end opening for passage of an inner needle and outer cannula. Two carriers...
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...
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...
RE40796 Bone harvesting method and apparatus  
An apparatus and method for harvesting bone using a manual, cylindrical, multi-directional coring device with a guided delivery system that can be inserted through a percutaneous or closed approach...
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...
7507210 Biopsy cannula adjustable depth stop  
A biopsy system with a grid plate used as either a lateral or medial compression plate of a localization fixture used with a breast coil includes a rotatable guide cube that may be inserted into a...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
7479117 Single use biopsy device and method  
A single use biopsy device ( 100 ) is disclosed. The device ( 100 ) includes a receptacle ( 102 ) having a port ( 104 ) for allowing tissue from a biopsy site to protrude into the receptacle ( 102...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
7402140 Rotational core biopsy device with liquid cryogen adhesion probe  
A device for biopsy of body tissue. The device is driven by liquid CO2, and is provided with a control system to control various components to effectuate rotating core biopsies.
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...
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...
7371260 Method and instrumentation for the preparation and transplantation of osteochondral allografts  
Provided are procedures and instruments for preparing and transplanting osteochondral allograft plugs to a host bone to repair an articular cartilage defect. An allograft bone plug having a...
7351211 Tissue localizing and separating assembly  
A tissue separator assembly has an elongate tubular member and a tissue separator device located at a distal end of the elongate tubular member. An elongate coupler extends through the lumen of the...
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...
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...
7335198 Accurate cutting about and into tissue volumes with electrosurgically deployed electrodes  
Method, system and apparatus for carrying out accurate electrosurgical cutting. A thin resilient electrode is utilized at the forward end region of an instrument which is deployable from a...
7331930 Biopsy/access tool  
A biopsy/access tool, comprising an integrated biopsy device and access cannula. The biopsy device is internally guided to a remote anatomical site, and the access cannula is adapted to be guided...
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...
7329227 Forward-fired automatic tissue sampling apparatus with safety lock  
An apparatus for the automated and facilitated handling and operation of a biopsy needle system, having a first needle component and a second needle component. The first and second needles are...
7322990 Needle guide for stereotactic biopsy  
In a biopsy system having a biopsy needle guide secured to a needle guide support bracket, a biopsy needle guide is provided that includes a body having a periphery that defines an edge of the...
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...
7309317 Biopsy needle with integrated guide pin  
A biopsy instrument for use in a biopsy gun includes a hollow outer needle defining a lumen therethrough and an inner needle slidably engaged within the lumen. The inner needle defines a cavity...
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...
7236816 Biopsy and sampling needle antennas for magnetic resonance imaging-guided biopsies  
Herein is disclosed a magnetic resonance imaging antenna, including an inner conductor, an outer shield slideably displaceable with respect to the inner conductor, and an insulator electrically...
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 )...
7229419 Single-handed biopsy system  
An automatic tissue sampling apparatus for use with a biopsy needle set having an inner needle and an outer cannula is provided. The apparatus includes a slidably disposed, spring-biased carrier...
7229418 Tissue specimen encapsulation device and method thereof  
A device for encapsulating tissue specimens includes a wand assembly, a sheath, and a guide assembly. The guide assembly pulls, draws, or otherwise moves the sheath about the tissue specimen. The...
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,...
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...