US Patent Issued to Clear Biopsy on April 22 for "System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use" (Missouri Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,279,760, issued on April 22, was assigned to Clear Biopsy LLC (St. Joseph, Mo.).

"System for color-coding medical instrumentation and methods of use" was invented by Steven Poplaw (St. Joseph, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system including a biopsy needle device having a cannula with a distal end configured to sever a tissue sample, and a trocar disposed within the cannula having a notch configured to retain a tissue sample, wherein at least one of the cannula and the trocar is divided into at least two segments including different echogenic coatings, an ultrasound probe, and a processor configured and arranged to collect images fr...