Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue
    11.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue 失效
    用于收集软组织的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06280398B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-28

    申请号:US09420339

    申请日:1999-10-18

    IPC分类号: A61B1000

    摘要: A tissue sampling apparatus comprises a tubular body having a primary lumen for receiving a tissue sample. The tubular body includes a distal end, a proximal end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the proximal end to the distal end. The tissue sampling apparatus further comprises a cutting cylinder having a distal cutting edge, which is movable both distally and proximally relative to the tubular body. A band having an eyelet disposed therein extends across a distal end of the tissue sampling apparatus, wherein the eyelet is advantageously movable relative to the distal cutting edge in order to sever a distal end of the tissue sample.

    摘要翻译: 组织取样装置包括具有用于接收组织样本的主腔的管状体。 管状体包括远端,近端和从近端延伸到远端的纵向轴线。 组织取样装置还包括具有远端切割边缘的切割滚筒,所述远端切割边缘可相对于管状体在远侧和近侧移动。 具有设置在其中的孔眼的带延伸穿过组织取样装置的远端,其中孔眼有利地可相对于远端切割边移动,以便切断组织样本的远端。

    Vacuum control system and method for automated biopsy device
    12.
    发明授权
    Vacuum control system and method for automated biopsy device 失效
    真空控制系统及自动活检装置的方法

    公开(公告)号:US6017316A

    公开(公告)日:2000-01-25

    申请号:US878468

    申请日:1997-06-18

    摘要: An automatic control system for a vacuum-assisted automatic core biopsy device (10) is provided, wherein the automatic core biopsy device (10) comprises a housing (12), out of which extends a needle assembly (14) including a hollow outer piercing needle (16), an inner cutter (18) having a lumen (20), a probe housing (22), and a tissue receiving notch (24). The automatic control system (92) is computerized to move the hollow outer piercing needle (16) automatically to the target tissue lesion, as was true in the prior art, but also is programmed to automatically control the rotational orientation of the piercing needle (16), and its associated tissue receiving notch (24), as well as the axial positioning and rotation of the cutting cannula (18). Consequently, a clinician user need only mark the desired locations within the target location from which tissue samples are desired and the automatic control system will operate the device to retrieve samples from the marked locations.

    摘要翻译: 提供了一种用于真空辅助自动核心活检装置(10)的自动控制系统,其中所述自动核心活检装置(10)包括壳体(12),所述壳体(12)从所述壳体(12)延伸出针组件(14),所述针组件包括中空外穿孔 针(16),具有内腔(20)的内切割器(18),探针外壳(22)和组织接收凹口(24)。 自动控制系统(92)被计算机化以将空心外穿刺针(16)自动移动到目标组织损伤,如现有技术中所述,但也被编程为自动控制穿刺针(16)的旋转取向 )和其相关联的组织接收凹口(24)以及切割套管(18)的轴向定位和旋转。 因此,临床医师用户仅需要在目标位置标记期望的位置,从该组织样本期望的位置,自动控制系统将操作该装置以从标记的位置检索样本。

    Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue
    13.
    发明授权
    Methods and devices for collection of soft tissue 失效
    用于收集软组织的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5913857A

    公开(公告)日:1999-06-22

    申请号:US786497

    申请日:1997-01-21

    摘要: This invention provides an inventive tissue sampling probe which offers many advantages over probes available in the prior art. Unexpectedly superior results are obtained in connection with the retrieval of intact tissue specimens, because of a unique combination of cutting features, including, in particular, the employment of an electrosurgical cutting element which is extendible to permit ready severance of the distal end of the tissue specimen, without impact to surrounding tissue. Additionally, the inventive instrument is advantageously designed so that portions of the instrument which contact the patient's tissue or fluid discharge (i.e. blood) during a procedure are modular and disposable, to permit ready replacement of those portions with a new module for an ensuing procedure, without the necessity of cleaning and sterilizing the instrument. The versatility of the invention permits its use in many applications, including, for example, breast biopsies, intraoperative staging, laparoscopic surgery, and lymphadenectomy procedures.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种创新的组织取样探针,其提供了优于现有技术中可用的探针的许多优点。 由于切割特征的独特组合,特别是使用电外科切割元件,其可延伸以允许组织的远端立即切断,因此与完整的组织标本的检索相关联,获得了意想不到的优异结果 标本,不影响周围组织。 此外,本发明的仪器有利地被设计成使得在手术期间接触患者组织或流体排出物(即,血液)的器械的部分是模块化的和一次性的,以允许用新的模块准备好替换那些部件用于随后的过程, 而不需要对仪器进行清洁和消毒。 本发明的多功能性允许其在许多应用中使用,包括例如乳房活检,术中分期,腹腔镜手术和淋巴结清扫手术。

    Elastomeric valve assembly
    14.
    发明授权
    Elastomeric valve assembly 失效
    弹性阀组件

    公开(公告)号:US5456284A

    公开(公告)日:1995-10-10

    申请号:US59804

    申请日:1993-05-10

    IPC分类号: A61M39/06 F16K15/14 A61B1/01

    摘要: A medical access device is adapted to receive an instrument and comprises a housing defining an inner channel and a valve disposed in the channel to form a seal with the housing. The valve includes an outer wall and a pair of inner walls extending in distally converging relationship to define a slot. At least one compression member extends between the outer wall and an associated one of the inner walls. The compression member is compressed in response to insertion of the instrument and exerts a force on the associated inner wall when compressed to reduce leakage of the valve when the instrument is inserted. A funnel is provided at the distal end of the valve to facilitate backloading of the instrument.

    摘要翻译: 医疗接入装置适于接收仪器并且包括限定内部通道的壳体和设置在通道中的阀,以与壳体形成密封。 该阀包括一个外壁和一对内壁,该内壁以远端会聚的关系延伸以限定槽。 至少一个压缩构件在外壁和相关联的一个内壁之间延伸。 压缩构件被响应于仪器的插入而被压缩,并在压缩时对相关联的内壁施加力,以减少当仪器被插入时阀的泄漏。 在阀的远端处提供漏斗以便于仪器的背负。

    Percutaneous suturing apparatus and method
    18.
    发明授权
    Percutaneous suturing apparatus and method 有权
    经皮缝合装置及方法

    公开(公告)号:US06605096B1

    公开(公告)日:2003-08-12

    申请号:US09909928

    申请日:2001-07-20

    申请人: Mark A. Ritchart

    发明人: Mark A. Ritchart

    IPC分类号: A61B1704

    摘要: A suturing instrument and methods for placing stitches in soft tissues combines the functions of both independently grasping the tissue and passing sutures through the tissue to form a mattress stitch therein. The endoscopic suturing instrument comprises a clamping portion having a longitudinal axis, which is adapted for percutaneous entry into an operative site. The clamping portion further comprises a plurality of jaw members that are movable relative to one another between a closed position wherein the jaw members are disposed in close proximity to one another and an open position wherein the jaw members are spaced apart. A needle portion is disposed at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis, and is adapted for percutaneous entry into said operative site. The needle portion comprises a needle, and preferably a pair of needles, for passage through a portion of soft tissue disposed between the jaw members of the clamping portion.

    摘要翻译: 用于将缝合放置在软组织中的缝合器具和方法结合了独立地抓住组织并且将缝合线穿过组织的功能,以在其中形成床垫针迹。 内窥镜缝合器具包括具有纵向轴线的夹紧部分,其适于经皮进入手术部位。 夹紧部分还包括多个钳口构件,其可在关闭位置之间相对于彼此移动,其中钳口构件彼此靠近设置并且打开位置,其中钳口构件间隔开。 针部分相对于纵向轴线以一定角度设置,并适于经皮进入所述手术部位。 针部分包括针,优选地一对针,用于穿过设置在夹持部分的钳口构件之间的软组织的一部分。

    Articulating guide arm for medical applications

    公开(公告)号:US6085749A

    公开(公告)日:2000-07-11

    申请号:US804913

    申请日:1997-02-25

    摘要: A device is provided for stabilizing and positioning an otherwise hand-held medical instrument, such as a biopsy power driver and probe, to ensure the ability to accurately place the probe into the breast and maintain position relative to a particular tissue site from any desired entry point. The device comprises a main arm having a generally vertical portion and a generally horizontal portion. A clamping assembly permits attachment of the apparatus to a stationary object, which is preferably an examination table, and includes a locking clamp having a gripping mode and a releasing mode for alternately gripping and releasing the main arm, and a lever assembly for actuating the locking clamp between the gripping mode and the releasing mode. A horizontal clamp, attached to the generally horizontal portion of the main arm, provides support for an articulating arm assembly having a first arm portion, or upper arm, and a second arm portion, or forearm, wherein the upper arm and forearm are attached together by an elbow joint, so that they may be articulated relative to one another about a common axis disposed through the elbow. A mounting bracket for securing the biopsy power driver and probe is attached to a distal end of the forearm. The elbow joint attaching the upper arm and forearm of the articulating arm assembly comprises a spring loaded counterbalance mechanism which functions to support the weight of the medical instrument, thereby giving the instrument a weightless feel during the positioning process, which prevents fatigue on the part of a user and therefore permits more delicate and precise movements of the instrument.

    Apparatus for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue
    20.
    发明授权
    Apparatus for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue 失效
    用于自动活检和收集软组织的装置

    公开(公告)号:US5928164A

    公开(公告)日:1999-07-27

    申请号:US4737

    申请日:1998-01-09

    摘要: A method and device for the automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue having a piercing needle with a receiving port to trap tissue prior to cutting. A motor drive directs and positions the tissue receiving port at a lesion site in arbitrary positions about and along the longitudinal axis of the device. A cutter advances into the receiving chamber and severs tissue which has prolapsed into the receiving port. The severed tissue is then removed from the receiving port without removing the piercing needle receiving port from the lesion site, thus allowing for the accurate, rapid removal of an arbitrary number of core samples with only one insertion. A tissue sample cassette provides storage for the samples as well as a means for coding and decoding the location from which the samples were obtained. Together, these features allow for more accurate and complete sampling of large lesions, for the complete removal of small lesions or removal of other tissue for a variety of reasons.

    摘要翻译: 一种用于自动活检和收集软组织的方法和装置,其具有带有接收端口的穿刺针,以在切割之前捕获组织。 马达驱动器将组织接收端口引导并定位在病变位置处,并且沿着装置的纵向轴线的任意位置。 切割器进入接收室并切断已经脱垂到接收端口中的组织。 然后将切断的组织从接收端口移除而不从病变部位移除穿刺针接收端口,从而允许仅用一个插入准确,快速地去除任意数量的芯样品。 组织样品盒为样品提供储存,以及用于编码和解码获得样品的位置的装置。 一起,这些特征允许对于大的病变进行更准确和完整的取样,用于由于各种原因完全去除小损伤或去除其他组织。