Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Sampling nonliquid body material
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-17
2006-10-17
Hindenburg, Max F. (Department: 3736)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Sampling nonliquid body material
C600S567000, C606S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07122011
ABSTRACT:
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 that isolates collected specimen from the surrounding tissue. The collection device may also include structures that draw the collected specimen toward the shaft and/or otherwise ease the insertion and retraction of the device and the collected specimen from the patient through a small incision.
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Anderson Scott C.
Brounstein Daniel M.
Chernomorsky Ary S.
Clifford Mark J.
Vetter James W.
Forema Jonathan
Hindenburg Max F.
Rubicor Medical, Inc.
Young Law Firm P.C.
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