ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,284, issued on July 15, was assigned to RESITU MEDICAL AB (Uppsala, Sweden).
"Biopsy instrument" was invented by Per Heden (Stockholm) and Per Egnelov (Uppsala, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy instrument comprising: a first part (1) comprising a cutting tube (4) having a distal cutting edge (12), a second part (2) comprising a penetration rod (5), a third part (3) comprising a knife (6) arranged centrally along a length of the biopsy instrument, having a radially extending portion (7) at its distal end substantially corresponding to an inner radius of the cutting tube, the first and second parts are coaxially arranged ...