| INRAD, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120059277 | CORE BIOPSY DEVICE - A biopsy apparatus comprises an outer cannula with a resilient excising finger and an inner cannula received within the outer cannula. The excising finger is flexible to extend toward the longitudinal axis of the outer cannula. The outer cannula can be rotated relative to the inner cannula so that the excising finger can excise a biopsy sample from a surrounding tissue mass. The inner cannula can be provided with a spoon portion for supporting the biopsy sample. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20090299221 | Apparatus for Cocking a Biopsy Device - A biopsy device includes a housing, a stylet carriage having a strike, a cannula carriage having a strike, and a cocking element comprising a catch carried by a resilient shaft that extends along an operational axis of the biopsy device. To arm the biopsy device, the cocking element is moved in a first arming stroke such that the catch engages the strike on the cannula carriage to deflect the resilient shaft from the operational axis such that the catch clears the strike on the stylet. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090299220 | Biopsy Device Having Specimen Length Adjustment - A biopsy device having a sample size control assembly for selecting the specimen size to be collected. The sample size control assembly includes a rotatable nose on the exterior of the biopsy device for actuating the operation of the sample size control assembly. A needle assembly of the biopsy device can extend through the rotatable nose. A tip protector can be coupled to the sample size control assembly, and can be engaged by a user to operate the sample size control assembly. Also disclosed is a method for making a biopsy device, including coupling a tip protector to a sample size control assembly. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090024056 | Coaxial Needle Assembly - An adjustable coaxial needle assembly for placement into a tissue mass prior to a biopsy procedure comprises a guide cannula assembly, a stylet, and a throw calibrator. The stylet is selectively coaxially received by the guide cannula, which is in turn coaxially received by the throw calibrator. The effective length of the guide cannula can be selectively adjusted by moving the throw calibrator relative to the guide cannula to adjust the distance between an open distal end of the guide cannula and a the throw calibrator. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090012423 | Core Biopsy Device - A core biopsy device comprises a cutting cannula provided at a distal end with a helical excising blade. The cutting cannula can be rotated within a tissue mass so that the helical excising blade can excise a biopsy sample from the surrounding tissue. | 01-08-2009 |
| 20080281226 | Core Biopsy Device with Specimen Length Adjustment - A biopsy device comprises a housing carrying a stylet is telescoping register with a coring cannula and a specimen length adjuster operably coupled to the stylet to move the stylet relative to the coring cannula to set the size of the biopsy sample to be collected. The coring cannula is moved over the stylet and rotated relative to the stylet to excise the biopsy sample from surrounding tissue. A trigger assembly is provided that includes a release button on opposing sides of the housing as well as a rear trigger button that enables a user to comfortably actuate the biopsy device using any of the three trigger buttons. | 11-13-2008 |
