US Patent Issued to URO-1 on Jan. 20 for "Biopsy needle set with reduced deflection and improved targeting" (North Carolina, California, Oregon Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,557, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to URO-1 Inc. (Winston-Salem, N.C.).

"Biopsy needle set with reduced deflection and improved targeting" was invented by Kevin Rackers (Greensboro, N.C.), Philip M. Allred III (Kernersville, N.C.), Jack Snoke (Winston Salem, N.C.), Ted Belleza (La Selva Beach, Calif.) and Bela Denes (Jacksonville, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A biopsy needle set includes a biopsy needle with a tip that terminates distally in a laterally extending cutting edge that is spaced up from the bottom surface of the needle. A cradle, proximal to the needle, has a floor that is below a central axis of the needle and a...