US 12,402,866 B2
Punch biopsy apparatus and associated method(s)
Lith Haitham Nasif, Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed by Lith Haitham Nasif, Gainesville, FL (US)
Filed on May 2, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/734,117.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/184,305, filed on May 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354470 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 10/0266 (2013.01) [A61B 17/32053 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00429 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A punch biopsy apparatus comprising:
a body including:
an excision mechanism configured to effectively create an excision at an excision site as well as obtain and release a skin tissue sample from the excision site;
a closure mechanism configured to succinctly close the excision site; and
a distal section detachably coupled to each of said excision mechanism and said closure mechanism;
wherein said excision mechanism is independently operable from said closure mechanism.