|
| US3955558 | 4 nov 1974 | 11 maj 1976 | Medcom, Inc. | Instrument for spinal taps |
| US4360016 | 1 jul 1980 | 23 nov 1982 | Transidyne General Corp. | Blood collecting device |
| US4596553 | 7 maj 1984 | 24 jun 1986 | | Method and apparatus for performing suction lipectomy |
| US4605011 | 13 mar 1984 | 12 aug 1986 | | Cell sampling apparatus |
| US4627834 | 18 sep 1984 | 9 dec 1986 | | Apparatus for performing suction lipectomy |
| US4662870 | 15 jul 1985 | 5 maj 1987 | | Needle penetration indicator and guide |
| US4676780 | 21 feb 1986 | 30 jun 1987 | | Surgical apparatus for performing suction lipectomy |
| US4697586 | 24 jun 1986 | 6 okt 1987 | | Combined chisel-guide surgical instrument |
| US4702261 | 3 jul 1985 | 27 okt 1987 | Sherwood Medical Company | Biopsy device and method |
| US4713053 | 3 jan 1986 | 15 dec 1987 | | Method and apparatus for performing suction lipectomy |
| US4917100 | 8 maj 1989 | 17 apr 1990 | | Biopsy needle for use with spring-operated actuating mechanism |
| US4938743 | 29 jun 1989 | 3 jul 1990 | | Surgical apparatus for performing suction lipectomy |
| US4966583 | 3 feb 1989 | 30 okt 1990 | | Apparatus for locating a breast mass |
| US4969870 | 7 jun 1989 | 13 nov 1990 | The Regents of the University of California | Method and apparatus for intraosseous infusions |
| US5004457 | 2 dec 1988 | 2 apr 1991 | The United States of Americas as represented by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services | Tissue transplantation system |
| US5064414 | 18 jan 1991 | 12 nov 1991 | Angeion Corporation | Locking clip with sheath and dilator |
| US5183463 | 29 okt 1990 | 2 feb 1993 | | Apparatus for locating a breast mass |
| US5217441 | 27 mar 1992 | 8 jun 1993 | United States Surgical Corporation | Trocar guide tube positioning device |
| US5241969 | 10 jun 1992 | 7 sep 1993 | | Controlled and safe fine needle aspiration device |
| US5312364 | 6 aug 1993 | 17 maj 1994 | Pyng | Intraosseous infusion device |
| US5330501 | 3 feb 1993 | 19 jul 1994 | United States Surgical Corporation | Tissue gripping device for use with a cannula and a cannula incorporating the device |
| US5336206 | 12 apr 1993 | 9 aug 1994 | United States Surgical Corporation | Trocar penetration depth indicator and guide tube positioning device |
| US5370625 | 13 apr 1993 | 6 dec 1994 | United States Surgical Corporation | Trocar guide tube positioning device |
| US5445645 | 14 jan 1994 | 29 aug 1995 | | Apparatus for locating a breast mass |
| US5562613 | 6 jul 1994 | 8 okt 1996 | InterMED, Inc. | Subcutaneous drug delivery device |
| US5649547 | 10 feb 1995 | 22 jul 1997 | Biopsys Medical, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US5662674 | 6 jun 1995 | 2 sep 1997 | | Apparatus for locating a breast mass |
| US5685856 | 27 feb 1996 | 11 nov 1997 | | Coaxial blunt dilator and endoscopic cannula insertion system |
| US5738660 | 27 jun 1996 | 14 apr 1998 | Luther Medical Products, Inc. | Percutaneous port catheter assembly and method of use |
| US5779647 | 7 jun 1995 | 14 jul 1998 | | Automated biopsy instruments |
| US5807277 | 15 dec 1995 | 15 sep 1998 | | Biopsy hand tool for capturing tissue sample |
| US5817052 | 26 dec 1995 | 6 okt 1998 | Pyng Medical Corp. | Apparatus for intraosseous infusion or aspiration |
| US5882344 | 18 okt 1995 | 16 mar 1999 | | Adjustable length cannula and trocar |
| US5906599 | 9 nov 1995 | 25 maj 1999 | InterMED, Inc. | Device for delivering biological agents |
| US5928164 | 9 jan 1998 | 27 jul 1999 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Apparatus for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US5980469 | 9 jan 1998 | 9 nov 1999 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Method and apparatus for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US6017316 | 18 jun 1997 | 25 jan 2000 | Biopsys Medical | Vacuum control system and method for automated biopsy device |
| US6142955 | 20 feb 1998 | 7 nov 2000 | United States Surgical Corporation | Biopsy apparatus and method |
| US6258070 | 11 mar 1999 | 10 jul 2001 | InterMed, Inc. | Device for delivering biological agents |
| US6293952 | 29 jun 1998 | 25 sep 2001 | Circon Corporation | Medical instrument system for piercing through tissue |
| US6402701 | 17 mar 2000 | 11 jun 2002 | FNA Concepts, LLC | Biopsy needle instrument |
| US6423034 | 28 sep 2001 | 23 jul 2002 | Symbiosis Corporation | Endoscopic infusion needle having dual distal stops |
| US6428486 | 21 dec 2000 | 6 aug 2002 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US6471711 | 3 okt 2001 | 29 okt 2002 | Hakko Electric Machine Works, Co. Ltd. | Device for guiding puncture needle |
| US6626850 | 30 mar 1998 | 30 sep 2003 | Allegiance Corporation | Automated biopsy instruments |
| US6659996 | 27 sep 1999 | 9 dec 2003 | InterMed, Inc. | Device for delivering biological agents |
| US6689072 | 13 nov 2001 | 10 feb 2004 | | Biopsy needle instrument |
| US6689142 | 30 nov 1999 | 10 feb 2004 | SciMed Life Systems, Inc. | Apparatus and methods for guiding a needle |
| US6712773 | 11 sep 2000 | 30 mar 2004 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Biopsy system |
| US6770053 | 12 jul 2002 | 3 aug 2004 | Symbiosis Corporation | Endoscopic needle having dual distal stops |
| US6860860 | 19 nov 2001 | 1 mar 2005 | Tyco Healthcare Group, LP | Tissue sampling and removal apparatus and method |
| US7063672 | 31 jan 2003 | 20 jun 2006 | Inter-V Manan | Integrated biopsy needle assembly |
| US7169155 | 14 dec 2001 | 30 jan 2007 | Scimed Life Systems, Inc. | Methods and apparatus for guiding a needle |
| US7189207 | 23 maj 2003 | 13 mar 2007 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Biopsy system having a single use loading unit operable with a trocar driver, a knife driver and firing module |
| US7204826 | 15 dec 2003 | 17 apr 2007 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Apparatus and methods for guiding a needle |
| US7226424 | 11 feb 2003 | 5 jun 2007 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US7513877 | 3 jun 2004 | 7 apr 2009 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Tissue sampling and removal apparatus and method |
| US7648466 | 24 okt 2007 | 19 jan 2010 | Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. | Manually rotatable piercer |
| US7766878 | 8 mar 2007 | 3 aug 2010 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Entry needle and related method of use |
| US7794411 | 31 okt 2007 | 14 sep 2010 | Devicor Medical Products, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US7918803 | 4 aug 2009 | 5 apr 2011 | Devicor Medical Products, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US7981050 | 6 feb 2007 | 19 jul 2011 | Devicor Medical Products, Inc. | Methods and devices for automated biopsy and collection of soft tissue |
| US8057487 | 11 jan 2007 | 15 nov 2011 | Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc. | Methods and apparatus for guiding a needle |
| US8128577 | 16 jan 2007 | 6 mar 2012 | Tyco Healthcare Group LP | Biopsy system |
