US5487392A
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Biopxy system with hemostatic insert
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1993-11-15
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Granted: 1996-01-30
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Expires: 2013-11-15
Abstract
Abstract A biopsy needle has coaxial, telescopically interengaged stylet, inner and outer cannulas which are axially and rotatably displaceable relative to one another. The stylet has a distal portion provided with a cutting recess for severing a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient, and the inner cannula has a distal portion for cutting and capturing the specimen in the recess for removal from the site upon withdrawal of the needle from the patient. The distal portion of the inner cannula is partially cut away to provide an insert recess which supports a semi-circular insert of hemostatic collagen which remains at the site upon removal of the needle to minimize hemorrhagic complications by promoting blood clotting. The insert and the distal portion of the inner cannula have radially outer surfaces of corresponding radius whereby the distal portion of the inner cannula and the insert supported thereon are received within the distal end of the outer cannula prior to use of the needle.
Inventors
- 👤 John R. Haaga
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 14:49
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B10/0233; A61B10/0266; A61B10/0275; A61B17/00; A61B17/0057; A61B2017/00637; A61B2017/00646; A61B2017/00654; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S128/00; Y10S128/08
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 35
Claim 1
Independent Claim
252 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient comprising an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, said distal portion of said stylet including a cutting recess for severing said specimen at said site, said distal portion of said inner cannula including means for capturing said specimen in said cutting recess, a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted to said extended position thereof, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portions of said inner cannula and stylet therefrom, and said insert having a radially outer surface means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position of said inner cannula.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
252 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient comprising an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, said distal portion of said stylet including a cutting recess for severing said specimen at said site, said distal portion of said inner cannula including means for capturing said specimen in said cutting recess, a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted to said extended position thereof, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portions of said inner cannula and stylet therefrom, and said insert having a radially outer surface means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position of said inner cannula.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 1, wherein the material of said insert is collagen.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 1, wherein the material of said insert includes thrombin.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A needle according to claim 1, wherein said insert is arcuate in cross-section relative to said axis.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
A needle according to claim 1, wherein said distal portion of said inner cannula includes support means for said insert, said support means including pushing means engaging said insert to displace said insert into said site with said distal portion of said inner cannula during displacement of said inner cannula from said retracted to said extended position thereof.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
A needle according to claim 5, wherein said distal portion of said inner cannula has an outer surface and said support means includes a recess extending radially inwardly of said outer surface and axially inwardly of said distal portion of said inner cannula from said distal end thereof.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
71 words
A needle according to claim 6, wherein said recess in said distal portion of said inner cannula has an axially inner end providing said pushing means and axially extending surface means between said inner end and said distal end of said inner cannula, said insert including axially extending surface means engaging with said surface means of said recess for radially supporting said insert on said distal portion of said inner cannula.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
A needle according to claim 7, wherein said insert is arcuate in cross-section transverse to said axis and has opposite side edges providing said axially extending surface means of said insert.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
39 words
A needle according to claim 8, wherein said axially extending surface means of said recess in said distal portion of said inner cannula includes a pair of circumferentially spaced surfaces in a radially extending plane transverse to said axis.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 8, wherein the material of said insert is collagen.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
98 words
A needle according to claim 1, wherein said distal portion of said inner cannula includes an arcuate wall having circumferentially spaced apart axially extending side edges, said side edges having axially inner and outer ends, and an insert recess having a circumferentially extending inner end edge between said inner ends of said side edges and axially extending insert recess edges provided by said side edges of said arcuate wall, said insert resting on said insert recess edges between said inner and outer ends thereof, and said wall providing said means for capturing said specimen in said cutting recess.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 11, wherein the material of said insert is collagen.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
A needle according to claim 11, wherein said insert is arcuate transverse to said axis and has circumferentially spaced apart axially extending side edges resting on said insert recess edges.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
21 words
A needle according to claim 11, wherein said insert recess edges lie in a radially extending plane transverse to said axis.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
34 words
A needle according to claim 11, wherein said arcuate wall has an axially outer end edge between and lying in an inclined plane though said outer ends of said side edges of said wall.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
27 words
A needle according to claim 15, wherein said insert has an axially outer end coplanar with said outer end edge of said wall in said inclined plane.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
A needle according to claim 16, wherein said insert is arcuate transverse to said axis and has circumferentially spaced apart axially extending side edges resting on said insert recess edges.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
23 words
A needle according to claim 17, wherein said insert has an axially inner end engaging said inner end edge of said insert recess.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
21 words
A needle according to claim 18, wherein said insert recess edges lie in a radially extending plane transverse to said axis.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 19, wherein the material of said insert is collagen.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
66 words
A needle according to claim 11, wherein said arcuate wall has a radially outer surface and said insert is arcuate in a plane transverse to said axis and has a radially outer surface and circumferentially spaced apart axially extending side edges resting on said insert recess edges, said outer surfaces of said wall and said insert having the same radius of curvature relative to said axis.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
56 words
A needle according to claim 21, wherein said arcuate wall has an axially outer end edge between and lying in an inclined plane though said outer ends of said side edges of said wall, and wherein said insert has an axially outer end coplanar with said outer end edge of said wall in said inclined plane.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
A needle according to claim 22, wherein said insert recess edges lie in a radially extending plane transverse to said axis.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
23 words
A needle according to claim 23, wherein said insert has an axially inner end engaging said inner end edge of said insert recess.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
14 words
A needle according to claim 24, wherein the material of said insert is collagen.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
234 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient including an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, means for severing said specimens at said site including means for capturing said specimen in said needle, the improvement comprising a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted position to said extended position, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula from said site, and recessed surface means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula when said inner cannula is in said retracted position.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
234 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient including an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, means for severing said specimens at said site including means for capturing said specimen in said needle, the improvement comprising a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted position to said extended position, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula from said site, and recessed surface means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula when said inner cannula is in said retracted position.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
29 words
A needle according to claim 26 wherein said means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannular includes said insert having a radially outer surface.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
239 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient including an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions, means for severing said specimens at said site including means for capturing said specimen in said needle, the improvement comprising a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted position to said extended position, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula from said site, and means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position of said inner cannula, said distal portion of said inner cannula including support means for said insert, said support means including pushing means engaging said insert to displace said insert into said site with said distal portion of said inner cannula during displacement of said inner cannula from said retracted to said extended position.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
239 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient including an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions, means for severing said specimens at said site including means for capturing said specimen in said needle, the improvement comprising a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted position to said extended position, said insert being separable from said distal portion of said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula from said site, and means for receiving said insert in said distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position of said inner cannula, said distal portion of said inner cannula including support means for said insert, said support means including pushing means engaging said insert to displace said insert into said site with said distal portion of said inner cannula during displacement of said inner cannula from said retracted to said extended position.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
12 words
A needle according to claim 26, wherein said hemostatic insert comprises collagen.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
12 words
A needle according to claim 26, wherein said hemostatic insert includes thrombin.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
247 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient comprising an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, said distal portion of said stylet including a cutting recess for severing said specimen at said site, said distal portion of said inner cannula including means for capturing said specimen in said cutting recess, a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted to said extended position, said insert being separable from said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula therefrom, said insert having an outer surface including recessed surface means for receiving said insert within said distal portion of said outer cannula when said inner cannula is in said retracted position.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
247 words
A biopsy needle for taking a biopsy specimen from a site in a patient comprising an outer tubular cannula having an axis, an inner tubular cannula coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said outer cannula, a stylet coaxial with and relatively displaceably received in said inner cannula, each said outer and inner cannula and said stylet having a distal portion including a distal end and a proximal portion extending from said distal portion, each said inner cannula and said stylet being axially displaceable relative to said outer cannula between retracted and extended positions in which the distal portions thereof are retracted within the distal portion of said outer cannula in said retracted position and extended axially outwardly spaced from the distal end of said outer cannula to extend into said site in said extended position, said distal portion of said stylet including a cutting recess for severing said specimen at said site, said distal portion of said inner cannula including means for capturing said specimen in said cutting recess, a hemostatic insert supported on said distal portion of said inner cannula for displacement therewith from said retracted to said extended position, said insert being separable from said inner cannula to remain at said site upon removal of said distal portion of said inner cannula therefrom, said insert having an outer surface including recessed surface means for receiving said insert within said distal portion of said outer cannula when said inner cannula is in said retracted position.
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