ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,356, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Pave LLC (Indianapolis).
"Full core biopsy device" was invented by Deborah R. Beck (Zionsville, Ind.) and Dan C. Ireland (Martinsville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy device includes coaxially disposed inner and outer needles in which the outer needle tip is configured for obtaining a tissue sample. The inner surface of the outer needle includes a tissue retention feature which may include a countersink and/or a feature formed in the inner surface. The device may be introduced to a biopsy site through an introducer in which the introducer is vented and/or a certain ratio of introd...