ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,997, issued on July 1, was assigned to HOLOGIC INC. (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Biopsy device arming mechanism" was invented by Zachary Stephen Swick (Westborough, Mass.), Rosario Friedman (Medford, Mass.), Brett Haarala (Framingham, Mass.), David Sauvageau (Westlake Village, Calif.) and Donna Schulz Torres (Attleboro, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy device for percutaneous tissue removal includes an elongated housing having an operational axis, a stylet hub slidably mounted in the housing, where the stylet hub is movable relative to the housing between a proximal, armed position, and a distal, fired position, the stylet hub ...