Patent ID: 11931015
Assignee: PIPER ACCESS, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 24:
25. A bone biopsy system comprising:
a cutting assembly comprising:
a cutting cannula that comprises a cutting tip positioned at a distalmost end thereof and that defines a lumen, the cutting tip of being configured to cut bone; and
a first hub coupled to the cutting cannula, the first hub comprising a first connection interface; and

an insert assembly comprising:
an elongated member sized to be inserted into the lumen of the cutting cannula, the elongated member comprising a cutting tip; and
a second hub coupled to the elongated member, the second hub comprising:
a drilling interface configured to be coupled with a powered drill; and
a second connection interface configured to couple with the first connection interface of the first hub to rotationally lock the first and second hubs relative to each other such that rotation of the second hub via the powered drill effects rotation of the cutting assembly,

the bone biopsy system being selectively convertible from a power drilling configuration to a manual coring configuration,
wherein, when the bone biopsy system is in the power drilling configuration, the insert assembly is coupled with the cutting assembly such that the elongated member extends through a full length of the cutting cannula and the cutting tip of the elongated member is positioned distal to the cutting tip of the cutting cannula, and
wherein, when the bone biopsy system is in the manual coring configuration, the insert assembly is not coupled with the cutting assembly.