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Multiple biopsy sampling coring device
Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed Inc
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Filing: 1993-10-29
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Granted: 1996-11-12
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Expires: 2013-10-29
Abstract
Abstract A device and method for collecting from a tissue surface, a sample of tissue, including tissue specimens, polyps, or the like. A device body defines a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which tissue may pass when the opening is near the tissue surface. A severing element is actuatable across the width of the tissue receiving opening when tissue from the surface extends through the opening for severing the tissue from the surface. A storage space proximal of and adjacent the opening is provided for storage of multiple, successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through the opening and actuating the severing element.
Inventors
- 👤 Donald E. Robinson
- 👤 Michael S. Banik
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 02:01
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B10/0233; A61B10/0266; A61B10/04; A61B10/06; A61B2010/0225; A61B17/00; A61B17/00234; A61B2017/00349; A61B17/28; A61B17/29; A61B2017/2926; A61B2017/2932; A61B2017/2933; A61B2017/2936; A61B2017/2937; A61B2017/2939; A61B2017/2944; A61B17/32; A61B17/320016; A61B2017/32004; A61B2017/320064; A61B17/34; A61B2017/348; A61B2017/3482; A61B2017/3484; A61B2017/3488
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
309 words
A device for collecting from a tissue surface, a sample of tissue, including tissue specimens, polyps, or the like, the device being flexible and elongated for introduction to a biopsy site deep within the body, comprising: a device body having a distal end defining a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within said device body at a location proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
309 words
A device for collecting from a tissue surface, a sample of tissue, including tissue specimens, polyps, or the like, the device being flexible and elongated for introduction to a biopsy site deep within the body, comprising: a device body having a distal end defining a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within said device body at a location proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
69 words
The device of claim 1 wherein said cutting members are biased closed, said cutting members being openable by disposing said device in the first configuration, where said cutting members bear on outer surfaces of the body which oppose said bias, and said cutting members are closed by disposing said device in the second configuration where said jaws are free from said body and close in response to said bias.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
421 words
A method for collecting from a tissue surface, a sample of tissue, including specimens, polyps, or the like, comprising: providing a sampling device being flexible and elongated constructed for introduction to a biopsy site within the body, including: a device body having a distal end defining a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within the device body proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element, and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening, delivering said device by threading said device through the body to a desired tissue surface deep within the body, positioning said device near said tissue surface, receiving said core portion of tissue through said tissue-receiving opening, actuating said severing element to sever said core portion of tissue from said surface, repeating said steps of positioning and actuating to take multiple samples without removing said device from the body, removing said device from the body, positioning said cutter in said first configuration such that said cutting members are proximal of said tissue-receiving opening, and retrieving said samples by actuating said stop to said second position to push said samples distally through said tissue opening.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
421 words
A method for collecting from a tissue surface, a sample of tissue, including specimens, polyps, or the like, comprising: providing a sampling device being flexible and elongated constructed for introduction to a biopsy site within the body, including: a device body having a distal end defining a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within the device body proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element, and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening, delivering said device by threading said device through the body to a desired tissue surface deep within the body, positioning said device near said tissue surface, receiving said core portion of tissue through said tissue-receiving opening, actuating said severing element to sever said core portion of tissue from said surface, repeating said steps of positioning and actuating to take multiple samples without removing said device from the body, removing said device from the body, positioning said cutter in said first configuration such that said cutting members are proximal of said tissue-receiving opening, and retrieving said samples by actuating said stop to said second position to push said samples distally through said tissue opening.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 3, comprising: delivering said device through on endoscope.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
362 words
In an instrument for obtaining tissue samples, the instrument sized and constructed to pass through a working channel of an endoscope to take samples, including tissue specimens, polyps or the like, from a tissue surface under endoscopic guidance and having a proximal and distal end, said instrument constructed to sever and remove a tissue sample from the body, the improvement wherein said instrument is constructed to take multiple biopsy samples without being withdrawn from the endoscope, said instrument including: a device body defining at its distal end a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within said device body proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element to accumulate a series of samples without withdrawing the instrument from the endoscope and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
362 words
In an instrument for obtaining tissue samples, the instrument sized and constructed to pass through a working channel of an endoscope to take samples, including tissue specimens, polyps or the like, from a tissue surface under endoscopic guidance and having a proximal and distal end, said instrument constructed to sever and remove a tissue sample from the body, the improvement wherein said instrument is constructed to take multiple biopsy samples without being withdrawn from the endoscope, said instrument including: a device body defining at its distal end a forward-facing tissue receiving opening of substantially predetermined width through which a core portion of tissue may pass when said opening is near said tissue surface, a separate severing element actuatable across the width of said tissue receiving opening when tissue from said surface extends through said opening for severing said core portion of tissue from said tissue surface, wherein said severing element comprises a set of moveable, jaw-like cutting members actuatable to be opened and closed for severing tissue from said surface to take said sample, said cutting members being coaxially disposed over said device body and axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said device is positionable between a first configuration in which the cutting members are proximal of said opening for receiving tissue through said opening and a second configuration in which the cutting members are distal of said opening where said cutting members can be closed to sever tissue and take said sample, a storage space within said device body proximal of and adjacent said opening for storage of multiple successively taken samples by repeatedly passing tissue through said opening and actuating said severing element to accumulate a series of samples without withdrawing the instrument from the endoscope and a sample stop positioned within said storage space and being axially positionable with respect to said tissue receiving opening such that said stop is positionable between a first position in which said stop defines a proximal end of said storage space and a second position distally located with respect to said first position for retrieving samples from said storage space by pushing said samples distally through said opening.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
| Annuity Stage | Window Opens | Payment Deadline | Surcharge Period Until | Estimated Fee | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1999-11-12 | 2000-05-13 | 2000-11-12 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 2003-11-12 | 2004-05-13 | 2004-11-12 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 2007-11-12 | 2008-05-13 | 2008-11-12 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |