Invention Application
- Patent Title: EXPANDING BIOPSY CATHETER
- Patent Title (中): 膨胀生物吸管
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Application No.: US14789547Application Date: 2015-07-01
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Publication No.: US20160015372A1Publication Date: 2016-01-21
- Inventor: Steven E. Walak , Michael Powers
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Main IPC: A61B10/02
- IPC: A61B10/02 ; A61B10/04

Abstract:
A device for collecting a tissue sample includes an outer sheath extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and including a lumen extending therethrough. The device also includes a tissue collecting member movably housed within the lumen and biased toward an expanded configuration in which the tissue collecting member is curved about a longitudinal axis thereof and longitudinal edges thereof are separated from one another. The tissue collecting member is movable between a constrained position, in which the tissue collecting is received within the lumen and constrained by a surface thereof such that longitudinal edges of the tissue collecting member are drawn toward one another to define a channel therein, and a tissue collecting position, in which the tissue collecting member moves distally past the distal end of the outer sheath to revert to the biased expanded configuration to cut a target tissue into which it is inserted.
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