ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,064, issued on April 7.
"Dual movable blade biopsy tool with stylet" was invented by Robert M. Clements (Issaquah, Wash.) and Andrew R. Face (Issaquah, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy device comprises a sheath equipped with a removable stylet. The sheath including a terminus with a distal chamber configured with a forward facing cutting edge comprising a plurality of movable blades. The plurality of movable blades including two counter rotating blades configured perpendicular or beveled relative to a long axis of the distal chamber, each counter rotating blade configured to pivot from a separate axis. The biopsy device ...