US Patent Issued to Szafran Biopsy on May 13 for "Biopsy tool and method for removing a tissue sample" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,555, issued on May 13, was assigned to Szafran Biopsy AB (Lidingo, Sweden).

"Biopsy tool and method for removing a tissue sample" was invented by Rebecca Szafran (Lidingo, Sweden), David Skantze (Saltsjo-boo, Sweden) and Magnus Olsen (Vallentuna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a biopsy tool (10) for removing a tissue sample. The biopsy tool (10) is configured to be altered between an incision state and a severing state. The biopsy tool (10) comprises: an elongated outer tubular member (20) wherein a distal end (22) of the outer tubular member (20) comprises a cutting edge (24); an elongated inner tubul...