Biopsy device with applied imaging
AssigneeDevicor Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsBryan R. Keller, Patrick A. Mescher
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Abstract
A biopsy device includes a body, a needle, a tissue sample holder and a sensor. The needle extends from the body. The tissue sample holder is in communication with the needle to receive one or more tissue samples within a sample chamber defined by the tissue sample holder. The tissue sample holder includes a receiving cavity. The sensor is configured to detect x-rays. The receiving cavity is sized and shaped to receive the sensor such that the sensor is removably positioned within the tissue sample holder.
Claims20
A biopsy device with real-time imaging, comprising:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a needle extending from the body;
- (c) a tissue sample holder mounted to the body and in communication with the needle to receive one or more tissue samples;
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- (d) an x-ray sensor configured to be positioned proximate the tissue sample holder and adapted to receive an x-ray that has passed through the one or more received tissue samples.
A biopsy device comprising:
- (a) a body;
- (b) a needle extending distally from the body;
- (c) a tissue sample holder including one or more tissue chambers configured to store tissue samples therein;
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- (d) at least one sensor positioned within the tissue sample holder adjacent to a tissue chamber of the one or more tissue chambers, wherein the at least one sensor is operable to receive radiation from an imaging device,
- wherein the at least one sensor is configured to digitally transmit data in response to the radiation from the imaging device.
A method of taking an image of a biopsied tissue sample from a biopsy device, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) inserting a needle into a patient to severe and extract a tissue sample;
- (b) storing the tissue sample in a tissue sample holder;
- (c) inserting a digital sensor into the tissue sample holder such that the digital sensor is positioned adjacent to the tissue sample;
- (d) positioning an imaging device adjacent to the tissue sample holder such that a beam-transmitter of the imaging device is aligned towards the tissue sample and the digital sensor;
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- (e) activating the imaging device to transmit energy towards the tissue sample and digital sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.