US 11,998,179 B2
Tissue sample holder with enhanced features
Rachel Yoon Choung, Studio City, CA (US); Robert M. Householder, Loveland, OH (US); Andrew P. Nock, Dayton, OH (US); Andrew Robinson, Cincinnati, OH (US); Jordan Smith, Loveland, OH (US); Kevin Talbot, North Bend, OH (US); and Emmanuel V. Tanghal, Mason, OH (US)
Assigned to Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/140,322.
Application 17/140,322 is a continuation of application No. 15/500,000, filed on Apr. 28, 2017, granted, now 10,905,404.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/329,346, filed on Apr. 29, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0121163 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0266 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0096 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0225 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biopsy device, comprising:
(a) a body;
(b) a needle extending distally from the body;
(c) a cutter movable relative to the needle; and
(d) a tissue management assembly in communication with the cutter, the tissue management assembly including:
(i) a sample viewer integrated into the body, the sample viewer being configured to permit analysis of each tissue sample of a plurality of tissue samples as each tissue sample is received by the tissue management assembly from the cutter,
(ii) a sample basket defining a bulk sample chamber configured to receive the plurality of tissue samples, and
(iii) a tissue gate, the tissue gate being positioned between the sample viewer and the sample basket, the tissue gate being configured to selectively control transport of each tissue sample of the plurality of tissue samples from the sample viewer to the sample basket.