Biopsy apparatus and method

Details Biopsy apparatus and method Biopsy apparatus and method

1998-01-22

1999-12-28

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Diagnostic testing

Sampling nonliquid body material

A61B 1000

Patent

active

060074957

ABSTRACT:
A biopsy apparatus for obtaining tissue samples includes a housing, an elongated member slidably and rotatably mounted in the housing and a blade having a stem portion pivotally mounted on the elongated member and moving transversely relative to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member between a stowed position and a deployed position. A method of sampling tissue includes the steps of providing the biopsy apparatus, inserting the elongated member into a tissue mass, deploying the blade, severing a tissue sample from the tissue mass by proximally retracting and rotating the elongated member, removing the elongated member from the tissue mass and extracting the tissue sample from a patient.

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