US 12,484,820 B2
Biopsy devices, rotary indexers, and methods of use
Fred Lampropoulos, Salt Lake City, UT (US); Ayad Agha, Paradise Valley, AZ (US); and Nicholas Gerald Accisano, Howell, NJ (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on May 4, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/866,233.
Application 16/866,233 is a division of application No. 14/134,280, filed on Dec. 19, 2013, granted, now 10,638,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/739,112, filed on Dec. 19, 2012.
Prior Publication US 2020/0261007 A1, Aug. 20, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/15 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/221 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01)
CPC A61B 5/150992 (2013.01) [A61B 10/0266 (2013.01); A61B 10/0275 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/221 (2013.01); A61B 17/29 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00331 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00455 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320032 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); F04C 2270/0421 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A rotary indexing assembly, for positioning of a medical device, the rotary indexing assembly comprising:
a rotary indexing device comprising:
a base comprising an axis, the axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the base; and
a rotary member comprising an axis extending along a longitudinal direction of the rotary member that is coaxial with the axis of the base, the rotary member rotatably coupled to the base and rotatable about the axis of the base, the rotary member disposed such that rotation of the rotary member about the axis of the base also comprises rotation of the rotary member about the axis of the rotary member, wherein the rotary member and the base are engaged such that interaction between the base and the rotary member releasably couples the rotary member to the base at a plurality of predetermined mechanical stops; and
a medical device coupled to the rotary member such that rotation of the rotary member also rotates the medical device.