Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Sampling nonliquid body material
Patent
1998-06-30
1999-12-28
Hindenburg, Max
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Sampling nonliquid body material
A61B 500
Patent
active
060074973
ABSTRACT:
A biopsy probe is provided for the collection of at least one soft tissue sample from a surgical patient. The probe comprises a frame having distal and proximal ends. The probe further comprises an elongated piercing element attached to the distal end of the frame. The piercing element has a sharpened distal end for piercing tissue, and a port located proximal to the sharpened distal end for receiving a portion of tissue mass positioned adjacent to the port. The probe further includes an elongated cutter having proximal and distal ends. The cutter is disposed coaxially and slideably relative to the piercing element and has a cutting blade on the distal end for cutting the portion of tissue protruding into the port of the piercing element when the cutter slides distally past the port, thereby depositing the portion of cut tissue within the cutter lumen of the cutter proximal to the cutting blade. In one embodiment, the probe further includes a tissue remover disposed in the cutter lumen of the cutter and having a structure on the distal end for obstructing the cutter lumen so that a tissue sample protruding into the port and severed by the cutter is prevented from moving proximally through the cutter lumen. In another embodiment, the probe further comprises a distal frame seal, a proximal frame seal, and a proximal cutter seal for substantially preventing the passage of fluids through a first, a second, and a third radial space, respectively, within the probe. In a preferred embodiment, a valve is provided on the proximal end of the tissue remover for the releaseable attachment to a reservoir.
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Ethicon Endo-Surgery Inc.
Goodwin Matthew S.
Hindenburg Max
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