Granted Patent B2

US 12,295,556 · App. 17/032,869 · Granted May 13, 2025

Inventors: Robert Bilgor Peliks (San Francisco, CA); Nathan Retzlaff (Kenosha, WI)

Assignee: Merit Medical Systems, Inc.

A61B10/0275A61B17/3421A61B90/30A61B2017/3409

Abstract

Claims (56)

1. A tool for acquiring a tissue sample, comprising:

a handle;

a cannula assembly, the cannula assembly comprising:

an outer cannula;

an inner cannula coaxially disposed within the outer cannula, wherein a portion of the outer cannula is axially slidable relative to the inner cannula;

a partoff tab coupled to the outer cannula;

a trocar assembly;

a rotation member configured to rotate the cannula assembly in a first direction and the trocar assembly in the first direction and a second direction;

an anti-rotation feature configured to engage with a portion of the cannula assembly to prevent rotation of the cannula assembly in the second direction while permitting rotation in the first direction;

a decoupling bushing comprising a circular flange having a nub extending distally from a distal face of the flange; and

a partoff tab actuation member,

wherein the inner cannula is fixedly coupled to the decoupling bushing, and

wherein the nub engages with the anti-rotation feature to restrict rotation of the decoupling bushing and the cannula assembly in the second direction while permitting the rotation in the first direction when the anti-rotation feature is displaced proximally as the tissue sample is ejected from the tool.

2. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the outer and inner cannulas are configured to rotate together in the first direction.

3. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the inner cannula comprises a helical projection disposed on an internal surface and extending into a lumen configured to longitudinally displace the tissue sample when the inner cannula is rotating.

4. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the partoff tab is configured to retain the tissue sample within the inner cannula when the partoff tab is in an actuated state.

5. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the partoff tab is configured to sever the tissue sample from a lesion when in an actuated state and the cannula assembly is rotated.

6. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the trocar assembly comprises:

a trocar comprising a sharp distal end and slidingly disposed within the cannula assembly;

an externally threaded member; and

an internally threaded nut fixedly coupled to the trocar and operatively coupled to the externally threaded member.

7. The tool of claim 6 , wherein the internally threaded nut is configured to proximally displace the trocar when the externally threaded member is rotated in the first direction and to distally displace the trocar when the externally threaded portion member is rotated in the second direction.

8. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the rotation member comprises:

a first motor;

a first rotation drive member coupled to the first motor, the cannula assembly, and the trocar assembly; and

a power source.

9. The tool of claim 1 , wherein the partoff tab actuation member comprises:

a second motor;

a partoff tab actuator coupled to the second motor, wherein the partoff tab actuator comprises a neutral state, a partoff tab actuation state, and an anti-rotation state; and

a power source.

10. The tool of claim 1 , further comprising a coaxial introducer assembly removably disposed over a distal portion of the cannula assembly.

11. The tool of claim 1 , further comprising a light source.

12. The tool of claim 1 , wherein when the anti-rotation feature is displaced distally the decoupling bushing and the cannula assembly are both rotatable in the first direction and the second direction.

13. The rotation biopsy tool of claim 12 , wherein the openable and closeable cavity closure is a door that translates vertically and pivot axially.

14. A method of obtaining a core tissue sample, comprising:

obtaining a core tissue sampling tool comprising:

a cannula assembly, the cannula assembly comprising:

an outer cannula;

an inner cannula coaxially disposed within the outer cannula, wherein a portion of the outer cannula is axially slidable relative to the inner cannula; and

a partoff tab coupled to the outer cannula; a trocar assembly;

a rotation member configured to rotate the cannula assembly in a first direction and the trocar assembly in the first direction and a second direction;

an anti-rotation feature configured to engage with a portion of the cannula assembly to prevent rotation of the cannula assembly in the second direction while permitting the rotation in the first direction;

a decoupling bushing comprising a circular flange having a nub extending distally from a distal face of the flange; and

a partoff tab actuation member,

wherein the inner cannula is fixedly coupled to the decoupling bushing, inserting a distal portion of the cannula assembly and the trocar assembly into an insertion;

positioning the distal portion of the cannula assembly and the trocar assembly adjacent an activating rotation of the cannula assembly and a portion of the trocar assembly in the first direction;

advancing the distal portion of the cannula assembly into the lesion, wherein the core tissue sample is disposed within the distal portion of the cannula assembly;

activating the partoff tab while the cannula assembly is rotating, wherein the core tissue sample is severed from the lesion by the partoff tab;

removing the distal portion of the cannula assembly from the insertion site;

ejecting the tissue sample from the cannula assembly; and

activating the portion of the trocar assembly to rotate in the second direction,

wherein a trocar of the trocar assembly is displaced distally to eject the core tissue sample from the cannula assembly, and

wherein the nub engages with the anti-rotation feature to restrict rotation of the decoupling bushing and the cannula assembly in the second direction while permitting the rotation in the first direction when the anti-rotation feature is displaced proximally as the core tissue sample is ejected from the core tissue sampling tool.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the trocar is displaced proximally when the trocar assembly is rotated in the first direction.

16. The method of claim 14 , further comprising illuminating the insertion site with a light source coupled to the core tissue sampling tool.

17. The method of claim 14 , further comprising retaining the core tissue sample within the cannula assembly with the activated partoff tab when the distal portion of the cannula assembly is removed from the insertion site.

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