Medical tissue extraction instrument

• US 8,529,531 B2
• Filed: 02/15/2011
• Issued: 09/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: The Presbyterian Medical Center Juridical Person
• Original Assignee: The Presbyterian Medical Center Juridical Person
• Inventors: Park, Young Sam, Kim, Cheol Seung
• Primary Examiner(s): Zalukaeva, Tatyana
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chapman, Ginger T
• Application Number:
  US13/027,746
• Publication Number:
  US 20110202015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 Days
• Field of Search: 604/319, 604/19, 604/317, 604/540
• US Class Current: 604/319
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 10/0283 with vacuum aspiration, e.g. caused by retractable plunger or by connected syringe A61B10/025, A61B10/0266 take precedence

Abstract

Disclosed is a medical tissue extraction instrument, which can allow an inspector to accurately locate a fine needle at a desired tissue extraction position without any need for assistance while assuring stable tissue extraction. The medical tissue extraction instrument includes a tissue extraction controller to control the pressure of a suction tube connected to a fine needle during extraction of tissue. The tissue extraction controller includes a suction pressure generator taking the form of a footboard and adapted to control a suction operation of the suction tube by being pushed downward.

Claims

1. A medical tissue extraction instrument comprising a tissue extraction controller to control pressure of at least one suction tube connected to a fine needle during extraction of tissue, wherein

the tissue extraction controller includes a suction adjustor to set pressure applied to a suction tube, the suction adjustor including a pressure adjustor to adjust the pressure applied to the suction tube and a suction period adjustor to adjust a suction period at which the tissue is extracted into the suction tube, thereby enabling automatic extraction of the tissue into the suction tube at regular intervals, and wherein

the tissue extraction controller further includes a suction pressure generator taking a form of a footboard and adapted to control a suction operation of the suction tube when being pushed downward, the suction pressure generator including two or more pressure boards, each including a continuous suction pressure board to perform successive suction operations of the suction tube according to the suction period and a discontinuous suction pressure board to perform intermittent suction operations of the suction tube.

2. The medical tissue extraction instrument according to claim 1, further comprising a tissue collector to receive the tissue extracted via the fine needle,

wherein the at least one suction tube includes a first suction tube connected at one end thereof to the fine needle and a second suction tube connected at one end thereof to the tissue extraction controller, and

wherein the other end of the first suction tube and the other end of the second suction tube are connected to the tissue collector with packing members interposed therebetween.