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Fork assembly for a surgical biopsy device
Assignee: Devicor Medical Products Inc
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Filing: 2001-09-28
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Granted: 2003-08-26
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Expires: 2021-09-28
Abstract
Abstract The present application describes a an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine, and incorporate into it a firing fork that is easy to remove and includes a means of maintaining the firing fork perpendicular to the base when the biopsy probe is fired into the patient. It would further be advantageous to design an image-guided, vacuum assisted, percutaneous, coring, breast biopsy instrument which may be conveniently mounted to an x-ray machine which would incorporate a firing fork with a means to maintain the firing fork perpendicular to the base when the biopsy probe is fired into the patient that is easy to remove without the use of special tools.
Inventors
- 👤 James W. Voegele
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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2026-10-23 12:23
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61B; A61B10/00; A61B10/02; A61B10/0233; A61B10/0266; A61B10/0275; A61B10/0283; A61B2010/0208
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
A biopsy instrument comprising: a base assembly including a firing mechanism, wherein said firing mechanism comprises: a firing fork assembly moveably attached to a distal end of said base assembly, said firing fork assembly comprising; a firing fork an inner support rod attached to said firing fork at a distal end said inner support rod comprising: first attachment mechanism at a distal end of said inner support rod adapted to fixedly attach said inner support rod to said firing fork; second attachment mechanism at a proximal end of said inner support rod; third attachment mechanism intermediate said first attachment mechanism and said second attachment mechanism; an outer support rod, surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod; a drive rod adapted to move said firing fork wherein said drive rod is slideably attached to said inner support rod by said second attachment mechanism and is fixedly attached to a proximal end of said outer support rod by a fourth attachment mechanism; a probe assembly detachably mounted to said base assembly, said probe assembly comprising: a cutter assembly a piercer assembly detachably mounted on said fork and slideably mounted on said cutter assembly; a drive assembly detachably mounted to said cutter assembly, said drive assembly including a flexible drive shaft operatively connected to said cutter assembly.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
229 words
A biopsy instrument comprising: a base assembly including a firing mechanism, wherein said firing mechanism comprises: a firing fork assembly moveably attached to a distal end of said base assembly, said firing fork assembly comprising; a firing fork an inner support rod attached to said firing fork at a distal end said inner support rod comprising: first attachment mechanism at a distal end of said inner support rod adapted to fixedly attach said inner support rod to said firing fork; second attachment mechanism at a proximal end of said inner support rod; third attachment mechanism intermediate said first attachment mechanism and said second attachment mechanism; an outer support rod, surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod; a drive rod adapted to move said firing fork wherein said drive rod is slideably attached to said inner support rod by said second attachment mechanism and is fixedly attached to a proximal end of said outer support rod by a fourth attachment mechanism; a probe assembly detachably mounted to said base assembly, said probe assembly comprising: a cutter assembly a piercer assembly detachably mounted on said fork and slideably mounted on said cutter assembly; a drive assembly detachably mounted to said cutter assembly, said drive assembly including a flexible drive shaft operatively connected to said cutter assembly.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
169 words
A biopsy instrument comprising: a base assembly including a firing mechanism wherein said firing mechanism comprises: a firing fork assembly moveably attached to a distal end of said base assembly, said firing fork assembly comprising: a firing fork; an inner support rod having a threaded distal end, a proximal end and annular groove between said distal end and said proximal end; an outer support rod surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod at said annular ring; a drive rod adapted to receive said proximal end of said inner support rod said outer support rod being threaded to said drive rod; a probe assembly detachably mounted to said base assembly, said probe assembly comprising: a cutter assembly; a piercer assembly detachably mounted on said fork and slideably mounted on said cutter assembly; a drive assembly detachably mounted to said cutter assembly, said drive assembly including a flexible drive shaft operatively connected to said cutter assembly.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
169 words
A biopsy instrument comprising: a base assembly including a firing mechanism wherein said firing mechanism comprises: a firing fork assembly moveably attached to a distal end of said base assembly, said firing fork assembly comprising: a firing fork; an inner support rod having a threaded distal end, a proximal end and annular groove between said distal end and said proximal end; an outer support rod surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod at said annular ring; a drive rod adapted to receive said proximal end of said inner support rod said outer support rod being threaded to said drive rod; a probe assembly detachably mounted to said base assembly, said probe assembly comprising: a cutter assembly; a piercer assembly detachably mounted on said fork and slideably mounted on said cutter assembly; a drive assembly detachably mounted to said cutter assembly, said drive assembly including a flexible drive shaft operatively connected to said cutter assembly.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
75 words
A removable fork assembly for use in a medical instrument, said removable fork assembly comprising: a firing fork; an inner support rod having a threaded distal end, a spade connector at a proximal end and annular groove between said distal end and said proximal end; an outer support rod surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod at said annular ring.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
A removable fork assembly for use in a medical instrument, said removable fork assembly comprising: a firing fork; an inner support rod having a threaded distal end, a spade connector at a proximal end and annular groove between said distal end and said proximal end; an outer support rod surrounding at least a portion of said inner support rod, said outer support rod being rotatably attached to said inner support rod at said annular ring.
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