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Tissue specimen encapsulation device and method thereof    
United States Patent6344026   
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Inventor(s)Burbank; Fred H. (San Juan Capistrano, CA); Quick; Richard L. (Trabuco Canyon, CA); Louw; Jacob Frank (Carlsbad, CA); Jones; Michael L. (Capistrano Beach, CA); Lubock; Paul (Laguna Niguel, CA)
AbstractA device for encapsulating tissue specimens includes a wand assembly, a sheath, and a guide assembly. The guide assembly pulls, draws, or otherwise moves the sheath about the tissue specimen. The wand assembly is disposed proximate to the tissue specimen, typically either adjacent or through the specimen. In an aspect of the encapsulating device, the guide assembly has sheath deployment members that are disposed about the tissue specimen. The sheath, which is attached to ends of the sheath deployment members and the wand assembly, is drawn over the tissue specimen as the sheath deployment members are pushed or pulled. In another aspect of the device, the guide assembly is an arm or a housing that rotates about the tissue specimen. The sheath, which is secured at one end to the guide assembly and at another end to the wand assembly, is drawn over the tissue specimen as the guide assembly rotates. The sheath may be made up of porous material, non-porous material, selectively permeable material, woven material, braided material, knit material, web material, mesh material, a film material, a flexible laminate material, or of an elastic material.



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Tissue specimen encapsulation device and method thereof
Inventor     Burbank; Fred H. (San Juan Capistrano, CA); Quick; Richard L. (Trabuco Canyon, CA); Louw; Jacob Frank (Carlsbad, CA); Jones; Michael L. (Capistrano Beach, CA); Lubock; Paul (Laguna Niguel, CA)
Owner/Assignee     SenoRx, Inc. (Aliso Viejo, CA)
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Publication Date     February 5, 2002
Application Number     09/208,535
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Filing Date     December 9, 1998
US Classification     600/567
Int'l Classification     A61B 005/00
Examiner     Hindenburg; Max
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Attorney/Law Firm     Coudert Brothers LLP
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Parent Case     This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/057,303, filed on Apr. 8, 1998 and entitled BREAST BIOPSY SYSTEM AND METHOD, the contents of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference.
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USPTO Field of Search     600/562 600/564 600/565 600/566 600/567 606/113 606/114
Patent Tags     tissue specimen encapsulation
   
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