ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,893, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to C.R. Bard Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).
"Biopsy device having a linear motor drive" was invented by Chad C Van Liere (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy device includes a cutting cannula driver connected to a cutting cannula and a stylet driver connected to a stylet. The cutting cannula driver has a first rack member and a flange. The stylet driver has a second rack member. A drive assembly has a linear motor drive, a transmission assembly, a switching motor drive, and an electrical controller circuit. The electrical controller circuit is configured to execute program instructions t...