ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,390, issued on March 3, was assigned to NEONAVIA AB (Vallentuna, Sweden).

"Biopsy arrangement" was invented by Ola Wernersson (Halmstad, Sweden), Magnus Olsen (Vallentuna, Sweden) and Kai-Uwe Schassburger (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy arrangement for taking a biopsy in a human or animal tissue, said biopsy arrangement comprising: -a needle arrangement (3) comprising an elongated inner needle part (5) and an elongated outer needle part (7), which outer needle part (7) is a hollow member in which the inner needle part (5) fits coaxially, wherein the two needle parts can be provided in at least two different ...