US 12,075,988 B2
Telescoping biopsy needle
Lucas S. Gordon, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 12, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/096,514.
Application 17/096,514 is a continuation of application No. 15/103,841, granted, now 10,856,855, previously published as PCT/US2014/069959, filed on Dec. 12, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/915,950, filed on Dec. 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2021/0204920 A1, Jul. 8, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 10/0233 (2013.01) [A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 10/0283 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A medical device comprising:
an elongate sheath comprising a distal portion and a proximal portion, the elongate sheath defining a first lumen;
an elongate instrument slidably disposed at least partially within the first lumen, the elongate instrument comprising a rigid distal section, the rigid distal section defining a second lumen;
a first extension member coupled to a proximal end of the elongate instrument;
a second extension member coupled to a proximal end of the elongate sheath, the second extension member configured to at least partially receive the elongate instrument; and
a protrusion coupled to the second extension member, the protrusion movable in a direction transverse to a longitudinal axis of the second extension member, movable within an opening defined by the second extension member, and configured to maintain the first extension member in a rotationally fixed position relative to the second extension member during axial movement of at least the first extension member.