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Richard L. Quick0
Martin V. Shabaz0
Michael L. Jones0
Paul Lubock0
Fred Burbank0
Date of Patent
May 27, 2008
0Patent Application Number
100564530
Date Filed
January 23, 2002
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Patent abstract
A device for accessing and for isolating a desired site within a patient's body, and for obtaining a body of tissue from a patient at the site that includes an electrosurgical cutting electrode near the distal tip of a shaft, an anchoring mechanism and an electrosurgical side-cutting device. Methods are provided for accessing a target site within a patient's body, anchoring a body of tissue at the site, and isolating the body of tissue at the site. The method may be performed for a surgical biopsy or lumpectomy at the target site within a patient's body.
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