Patent ID: 11937792
Assignee: TRANSMED7, LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  B  Y | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A method of making a monolithic tissue cutting distal end of a biopsy device, comprising:
providing a hollow tube having a first open end, a second open end and an inner lumen extending between the first and second open ends;
configuring the hollow tube by removing material from the first open end of the hollow tube to form at least one articulable beak and by removing material from between the first open end and the second open end of the hollow tube to form a first half and a second half of the hollow tube connected by at least one tendon, and
providing an outer sheath and disposing the configured hollow tube within the provided outer sheath such that differential motion of the first half of the hollow tube relative to the second half of the hollow tube acts upon the at least one tendon to actuate the at least one articulable beak against an inner surface of the outer sheath.