Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Side-looking lung biopsy device
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Application No.: US15505137Application Date: 2015-08-28
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Publication No.: US10405838B2Publication Date: 2019-09-10
- Inventor: Christian Reich , Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks , Waltherus Cornelis Jozef Bierhoff , Torre Michelle Bydlon , Vijay Parthasarathy , Sven Stoffelen , Franciscus Marinus Antonius Maria Van Gaal
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP14187589 20141003
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/069807 WO 20150828
- International Announcement: WO2016/030533 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B10/02 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
A biopsy device with a hollow shaft is suggested, the shaft having a wall and a distal end portion, wherein a sidewardly facing notch is formed in the distal end portion. At least two optical fibers are arranged in the wall of the shaft so that end surfaces of the fibers are arranged in a longitudinal direction at opposite positions with respect to the notch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170273671A1 SIDE-LOOKING LUNG BIOPSY DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-09-28
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