Robert Scott Devries

US Patent:

20160030019, Feb 4, 2016

Filed:

Jul 30, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/813430

Inventors:

- Maple Grove MN, US
Kimberly Lajoie - Seattle WA, US
Tantra Budiman - Newton MA, US
Eric Wong - Framingham MA, US
Paul Smith - Smithfield RI, US
Brian Almeida - Newton MA, US
Vishal Shah - Whitehall PA, US
Justin Elfman - Cherry Hill NJ, US
Robert B. DeVries - Northborough MA, US

International Classification:

A61B 10/02
A61B 10/04

Abstract:

A device for collecting a tissue sample includes Needle and Stylet. Needle is extending longitudinally from a proximal to a distal end and includes a lumen extending therethrough. Stylet is movably housed in the lumen and extending along a longitudinal axis from a proximal to a distal end and includes a scooper at the distal end thereof. The scooper is connected to a proximal portion of Stylet via a hinge biased toward a bent position in which the scooper is bent away from the longitudinal axis. Stylet is movable between a constrained configuration and a tissue-collecting configuration. The scooper includes a channel extending longitudinally therethrough and a window extending laterally through a wall thereof in communication with the channel to collect a tissue sample therethrough as Stylet is moved from the tissue-collecting to the constrained.