Patents Examined by Jonathan Forema
  • Methods and devices for cutting and collecting soft tissue
    Patent number: 7122011
    Abstract: Devices and methods for collecting or cutting and collecting a specimen from a mass of tissue within a patient. The device may include a specimen collection assembly including a flexible membrane that isolates collected specimen from the surrounding tissue. The collection device may also include structures that draw the collected specimen toward the shaft and/or otherwise ease the insertion and retraction of the device and the collected specimen from the patient through a small incision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: Rubicor Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark J. Clifford, Scott C. Anderson, James W. Vetter, Daniel M. Brounstein, Ary S. Chernomorsky