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US 9,282,949 B2Granted
Charging station for battery powered biopsy apparatus
AssigneeBard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
InventorKarsten Videbaek
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AssigneeBard Peripheral Vascular, Inc.
InventorKarsten Videbaek
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A charging station for a battery powered biopsy apparatus includes a charging dock having a housing and a charging unit contained in the housing. The charging unit has a set of electrical contacts. The housing is received in a first cavity of a driver assembly with the electrical contacts being coupled in electrical communication with the driver assembly when the driver assembly is mounted on the charging dock for charging. The charging unit provides a signal to the driver assembly to reset the driver assembly to an initialized state when the driver assembly is mounted to the charging station.
A charging station for a battery powered biopsy apparatus, said biopsy apparatus including a driver assembly configured for releasable attachment to a biopsy probe assembly, said driver assembly having a battery, an electromechanical drive electrically connected to said battery, and a first housing configured to contain said battery and said electromechanical drive, said first housing configured to be grasped by a user, said first housing having a first cavity, said first cavity of said driver assembly being configured for receiving a second housing of said biopsy probe assembly when said biopsy probe assembly is mounted to said driver assembly, said second housing having a first shape, said electromechanical drive being drivably coupled to the biopsy probe assembly when said biopsy probe assembly is mounted to said driver assembly, said charging station comprising:
A method for charging a battery operated biopsy apparatus having a driver assembly to which a removable biopsy probe assembly is mounted, said driver assembly having an electromechanical drive electrically connected to a battery contained in said driver assembly, said electromechanical drive being drivably coupled to said biopsy probe assembly when said biopsy probe assembly is mounted to said driver assembly, comprising:
A charging station for a battery powered biopsy apparatus, said biopsy apparatus including a driver assembly configured for releasable attachment to a biopsy probe assembly, said driver assembly having a battery, an electromechanical drive electrically connected to said battery, and a first housing that contains said battery and said electromechanical drive, said first housing configured to be grasped by a user, said first housing having a first cavity, said first cavity of said driver assembly being configured for receiving a second housing of said biopsy probe assembly when said biopsy probe assembly is mounted to said driver assembly, said second housing having a first shape, said electromechanical drive being drivably coupled to the biopsy probe assembly when said biopsy probe assembly is mounted to said driver assembly, said charging station comprising:
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Pointed or sharp biopsy instruments: with vacuum aspiration, e.g. caused by retractable plunger or by connected syringe
Means for severing sample: with sample notch, e.g. on the side of inner stylet
Instruments for taking cell samples or for biopsy: biopsy devices with actuators, e.g. with triggered spring mechanisms
Details of actuation of instruments, e.g. relations between pushing buttons, or the like, and activation of the tool, working tip, or the like:…
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1. Field of the Invention
The above-mentioned and other features and advantages of this invention, and the manner of attaining them, will become more apparent and the invention will be better understood by reference to the following description of an embodiment of the invention taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a biopsy apparatus, configured in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, with a disposable biopsy probe mounted to a driver assembly;
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a biopsy apparatus of FIG. 1, with the disposable biopsy probe detached from the driver assembly;
Corresponding reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. The exemplifications set out herein illustrate an embodiment of the invention, and such exemplifications are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention in any manner.
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown a biopsy apparatus 10 which generally includes a non-invasive, e.g., non-disposable, driver assembly 12 and a disposable biopsy probe assembly 14.
Referring also to FIG. 3, driver assembly 12 and disposable biopsy probe assembly 14 collectively include a fluid management system 16 that includes a vacuum source 18, first vacuum path 20 and a second vacuum path 22. Vacuum source 18 and a first vacuum path 20 are permanently associated with driver assembly 12, and a second vacuum path 22 is permanently associated with disposable biopsy probe assembly 14, as more fully described below, to help facilitate the safe and effective collection of a biopsy tissue sample.