US 11,096,762 C1 (12,952nd)
Method, system, and device for planning and performing guided and free-handed transperineal prostate biopsies
Matthew J. Allaway, Cumberland, MD (US)
Filed by Corbin Clinical Resources, LLC, Cumberland, MD (US)
Assigned to CORBIN CLINICAL RESOURCES, LLC, Cumberland, MD (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,354, Dec. 27, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,096,762, issued Aug. 24, 2021, Appl. No. 16/115,180, Aug. 28, 2018.
Application 90/019,354 is a continuation of application No. 14/677,286, filed on Apr. 2, 2015, granted, now 10,064,681.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/974,826, filed on Apr. 3, 2014.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Jun. 27, 2025.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 10/0241 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00274 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00547 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01)]
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AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 13-15, 20, 36-38 and 40 is confirmed.
New claims 44-53 are added and determined to be patentable.
Claims 1-12, 16-19, 21-35, 39 and 41-43 were not reexamined.
13. A method of performing a transperineal prostate biopsy procedure on a prostate of a patient using an ultrasound probe, the method comprising:
inserting an access needle into a perineal access site leading to the prostate, the access needle engaged with a platform that is configured to slide on a pair of stabilization members of a biopsy guide, the access needle being centrally positioned between the pair of stabilization members when the access needle is engaged with the platform; and
inserting a biopsy needle through the access needle and into a first location within the prostate.
[ 44. The method of claim 14, wherein, with the biopsy guide secured to the ultrasound probe, the access needle remains positioned within the perineal access site as the access needle is transitioned from being oriented towards the first location to being oriented towards the second location.]
[ 45. The method of claim 44, wherein the inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and into the first location within the prostate occurs along a first path of the access needle, and the inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and into the second location within the prostate occurs along a second path different from the first path.]
[ 46. The method of claim 37, wherein the access needle remains positioned within the perineal access site as the access needle is transitioned from being oriented towards the first location to being oriented towards the second location.]
[ 47. The method of claim 46, wherein the inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and into the first location within the prostate occurs along a first path of the access needle, and the inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and into the second location within the prostate occurs along a second path different from the first path.]
[ 48. The method of claim 13, wherein the access needle is inserted into the perineal access site along a first trajectory leading to the first location within the prostate,
the method further comprising, with the biopsy guide secured to the ultrasound probe, moving the ultrasound probe relative to the prostate and with the access needle still inserted into the perineal access site such that the access needle is oriented in a second trajectory that is different from the first trajectory.]
[ 49. The method of claim 48, further comprising: inserting the biopsy needle or another biopsy needle through the access needle, along the second trajectory, and into a second location within the prostate; and taking a biopsy of the prostate at the second location.]
[ 50. The method of claim 36, wherein the access needle is inserted into the perineal access site along a first trajectory leading to the first location within the prostate,
the method further comprising moving the ultrasound probe relative to the prostate and with the access needle still inserted into the perineal access site such that the access needle is oriented in a second trajectory that is different from the first trajectory.]
[ 51. The method of claim 50, further comprising: inserting the biopsy needle or another biopsy needle through the access needle, along the second trajectory, and into a second location within the prostate; and taking a biopsy of the prostate at the second location.]
[ 52. The method of claim 13, further comprising:
taking a first biopsy of the first location within the prostate;
with the access needle still inserted into the perineal access site and with the biopsy guide secured to the ultrasound probe, adjusting an angle of the access needle by angling the ultrasound probe; and
inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and taking a second biopsy of a second location within the prostate, the first location being different than the second location.]
[ 53. The method of claim 36, further comprising:
taking a first biopsy of the first location within the prostate;
with the access needle still inserted into the perineal access site, adjusting an angle of the access needle by angling the ultrasound probe; and
inserting the biopsy needle through the access needle and taking a second biopsy of a second location within the prostate, the first location being different than the second location.]