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MULTIFUNCTION CANNULA TOOLS

  • US 20080243030A1
  • Filed: 04/02/2007
  • Published: 10/02/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A cannula tool system for taking a sample of cells or tissue at an internal site within a body of a patient, comprising:

  • (a) an elongate tubular member having at least one lumen that is sized and configured to slip longitudinally over a guide that has been inserted into a body of a patient, so that the elongate tubular member is controllably advanced over the guide to a desired internal site within the body of the patient;

    (b) means associated with the elongate tubular member for dislodging a biopsy sample from a desired internal site within a body of a patient; and

    (c) means associated with the elongate tubular member for withdrawing the biopsy sample from a body of a patient for cytopathological evaluation.

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