US 12,433,632 B2
Method and system for harvesting biological tissue
Marvin A. Guiles, Stow, MA (US); Denis Labombard, Georgetown, MA (US); Charles Sidoti, Plymouth, MA (US); Philip S. Levin, Storrs, CT (US); Thomas Swyst, Arlington, MA (US); and Sameer Sabir, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to Medline Industries, LP, Springfield, IL (US)
Filed by Medline Industries, LP, Springfield, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/382,428.
Application 16/665,631 is a division of application No. 14/957,846, filed on Dec. 3, 2015, granted, now 10,478,212, issued on Nov. 19, 2019.
Application 18/382,428 is a continuation of application No. 16/665,631, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,819,235.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/151,209, filed on Apr. 22, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2024/0099739 A1, Mar. 28, 2024
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3205 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 5/151 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/32053 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3205 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 5/150396 (2013.01); A61B 5/150503 (2013.01); A61B 5/15142 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for obtaining biological tissue comprising:
a two-dimensional array of hollow tubes comprising:
a first row of a plurality of hollow tubes;
a second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the first row of hollow tubes;
a third row of a plurality of hollow tubes, adjacent the second row of hollow tubes;
wherein each hollow tube comprises at least one point at a distal end of the hollow tube;
wherein an inner diameter of at least one hollow tube of the array of hollow tubes is less than about 1 mm, the distal end of each of the hollow tubes is configured to be inserted into a biological tissue donor site to remove a portion of tissue therefrom when each of the hollow tubes is withdrawn from the donor site,
wherein the device is configured to individually actuate each of the first, second, and third rows to insert the hollow tubes of the respective row into the biological tissue donor site;
further comprising a solenoid configured to actuate the first row of a plurality of hollow tubes, the second row of a plurality of hollow tubes, and the third row of a plurality of hollow tubes; and
wherein the solenoid is configured to move in a first direction and further comprising an actuator that moves in a second direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of a needle of the array of hollow tubes.