US Patent Issued to Merit Medical Systems on May 13 for "Rotation biopsy system and handle" (California, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,556, issued on May 13, was assigned to Merit Medical Systems Inc. (South Jordan, Utah).

"Rotation biopsy system and handle" was invented by Robert Bilgor Peliks (San Francisco) and Nathan Retzlaff (Kenosha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Tools used to acquire a core tissue sample are disclosed. A portion of the tools may be configured to rotate when acquiring the core tissue sample. The tools include a partoff tab to sever the core tissue sample from a lesion and to retain the core tissue sample when the tool is removed from the patient. The tools may further include a light source to illuminate a working field."

The patent was...