ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,357, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to RLS Interventional Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).
"Full core biopsy device" was invented by Steven E. Field (Grand Rapids, Mich.) and Chad J. Bacon (Coopersville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A full core biopsy device includes a needle assembly having stylet, spoon, and at least one coring cannula. A window is located in at least one of the spoon and coring cannula. An excising finger is configured to prolapse through the window into a lumen of the inner spoon or cannula to sever a tissue sample upon translation or axial advancement of the excising finger."
The patent was filed on Sept. 2...