Biopsy collector
OwnerMichael Stuart GARDNER, Roy Victor BLADENinventors
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Abstract
A sample collector to take and hold a biopsy sample from an organism upon being driven by an actuator into the organism, the collector comprising of a punch that includes a cutter with a cutting edge formed at a cutting end of the punch to remove and retain a biopsy sample and a plunger retained to the punch in a manner to allow it to move relative to the cutter to remove a cutter retained biopsy sample from the cutter.
Claims37
A sample collector to take and hold a biopsy sample from an organism upon being driven by an actuator into said organism, said collector comprising:
- a punch that includes a cutter with a cutting edge formed at a cutting end of the punch to remove and retain a biopsy sample and a plunger retained to said punch in a manner to allow it to move relative said cutter to remove a cutter retained biopsy sample from the cutter.
A method of removing a biopsy sample from an organism upon being driven by an actuator into said organism, said collector comprising a punch that includes a cutter with a cutting edge formed at a cutting end of the punch be driven from an initial position through said organism to remove and retain a biopsy sample and a plunger held by said punch in a manner to allow it to move relative said cutter to remove the cutter retained biopsy sample from the cutter said method comprising driving said collector into said organism so that its cutter moves through said organism to take a sample from said organism and removing said collector from said organism by moving it in one of a direction to drive the collector through the organism and a direction retracting the collector to its initial position, wherein the plunger is not caused to be moved relative said punch by said actuator during driving of the collector into the organism and during said removing of said collector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.