Device and method for minimally invasive and intact recovery of tissue
CA 2455538 A1 · Owner: Eggers, Eric A. · Inventors: Kociecki, John; Eggers, Andrew R.; Eggers, Philip E.
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System, method and apparatus for carrying out the recovery of an intact volume of tissue wherein a delivery cannula distal end is positioned in confronting, adjacency with the volume of tissue to be recovered. A capture component formed of a plurality of metal leafs is deployed from the distal end of the delivery, cannula. The tips of these leafs carry a pursing cable assembly which is electrically excited to electrosurgically cut around and circumscribe the tissue, volume. These pursing cables are tensioned to complete the envelopment of the tissue volumes by drawing the leaf tips together. Drive to the capture component, ultimately is developed from an electric motor and …
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- Filed August 21, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended August 21, 2022.
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