ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,050, issued on Feb. 10.
"Core biopsy needle" was invented by Marija Plodinec (Basel, Switzerland), Ludovit Pavel Zweifel (Basel, Switzerland), Philipp Maximillian Oertle (Basel, Switzerland), Armin Stumpp (Neerach, Switzerland) and Marko Loparic (Basel, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a core biopsy needle (1) for obtaining a tissue sample comprising a hollow outer needle (10) extending along a longitudinal axis (L), and an inner needle (20), which is at least partially arranged or arrangeable within said outer needle along said longitudinal axis (L), wherein said inner needle (20) comprises at leas...