ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,389, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc. (Franklin Lakes, N.J.).

"Biopsy system and biopsy driver use for therewith" was invented by Jordan Addison (Gilbert, Ariz.), Amy Bui (Chandler, Ariz.), Bryon Pelzek (Gold Canyon, Ariz.), Ranjani Sampath Kumaran (Tempe, Ariz.) and Ryan Striedel (Tempe, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy driver includes a housing, a battery supply, a motor, a trigger, and a control circuit. The control circuit has a trigger switch circuit, a resistance network circuit, and a pulse width modulation circuit. The trigger switch circuit has an OFF state and an ON state. The re...