US 12,220,114 B2
Biopsy device with applied imaging
Bryan R. Keller, Loveland, OH (US); and Patrick A. Mescher, Bellbrook, OH (US)
Assigned to Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jun. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/852,633.
Application 17/852,633 is a continuation of application No. 16/208,814, filed on Dec. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,399,812.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/594,796, filed on Dec. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0323052 A1, Oct. 13, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0275 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3937 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biopsy device with real-time imaging, comprising:
(a) a body;
(b) a needle extending from the body;
(c) a tissue sample holder mounted to the body and in communication with the needle to receive one or more tissue samples, the needle and tissue sample holder together defining a sample collection path, the tissue sample holder including a plurality of tissue chambers configured to store tissue samples therein, the tissue sample holder including a receiving cavity, the receiving cavity being proximate one or more tissue chambers of the plurality of tissue chambers, the plurality of tissue chambers being arranged around the receiving cavity such that the receiving cavity is defined by a space disposed between the plurality of tissue chambers; and
(d) a sample sensor received within the receiving cavity of the tissue sample holder adjacent to at least one tissue chamber of the plurality of tissue chambers, the sample sensor including an infrared imaging element being operable to receive radiation from a source disposed remotely with respect to the tissue sample holder, the infrared imaging element being configured to receive radiation emitted from the source and transmitted through a tissue sample disposed within any one or more of the tissue chambers.