ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,408,898, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to BibbInstruments AB (Sweden).
"Biopsy instruments and methods" was invented by Charles Walther (Lund, Sweden), Stephan Dymling (Limhamn, Sweden) and Bruno Walther (Loberod, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy instrument (1) comprising a base member (10) which extends from a proximal end (10a) to a distal end (10b) along a central geometrical axis (A), wherein at least a distal end portion (10b') of the base member (10) is shaped as an elongated hollow tube (10), the distal end (10b) being intended to be at least partly inserted into a tissue (50) from which a biopsy is to be obtained...