BIOPSY NEEDLE

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
AUTO-CUT	MEDICAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION	Racine WI	biopsy needle;
WESTCOTT	BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY	1 Becton Drive Franklin Lakes NJ 07417	BIOPSY NEEDLE;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A modular biopsy, ablation and track coagulation needle apparatus is disclosed that allows the biopsy needle to be inserted into the delivery needle and removed when not needed, and that allows an inner ablation needle to be introduced and coaxially engaged with the delivery needle to more effectively biopsy a tumor, ablate it and coagulate the track through ablation while reducing blood loss and track seeding. The ablation needle and biopsy needle are adapted to in situ assembly with the delivery needle. In a preferred embodiment, the ablation needle, when engaged with the delivery needle forms a coaxial connector adapted to electrically couple to an ablating source. Methods for biopsying and ablating tumors using the device and coagulating the track upon device removal are also provided.