Dilation devices and methods for removing tissue specimens
CA 2455769 A1 · Owner: Senorx, Inc. · Inventors: Lubock, Paul; Quick, Richard L.
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The invention provides devices and methods for use in removing tissue samples from within a patient's body. The devices include instruments having shafts for cutting a path to a tissue mass, and an inflatable balloon or balloons attached to the shaft effective to dilate the path upon inflation in order to aid in the removal of tissue masses from within the body of a patient. The devices also include instruments having dilation plates that may be inserted into a path leading to a tissue mass to be removed and the plates separated , effective to dilate the path to aid in the removal of tissue masses. Methods include inserting a device into a path leading to a tissue mass and inflating …
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- Filed June 26, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended June 26, 2022.
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