US Patent Issued to Medimetrix on May 5 for "Cutting head for tissue collection device" (Florida Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,616,457, issued on May 5, was assigned to Medimetrix LLC (Naples, Fla.).

"Cutting head for tissue collection device" was invented by Erik Papenfuss (Naples, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An instrument for collecting tissue from a body cavity includes a hollow tubular body. The tubular body has a tubular wall that extends between a proximal-most end and a distal-most end of the tubular body. The tubular wall surrounds a passage that extends to the distal end portion of the tubular body. The tubular body can be a non-bending shaft, or a shaft having an articulating section that allows a portion of the tubular body to articulate relativ...