Patent ID: 9345457
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method of operating a rotatable tissue sample holder of a biopsy device, wherein the tissue sample holder has a plurality of discrete tissue sample compartments, wherein the biopsy device has a cutter defining a cutter lumen, wherein the method comprises: (a) capturing a first tissue sample with the cutter; (b) communicating the first tissue sample to a first tissue sample compartment of the tissue sample holder, wherein the first tissue sample compartment receives the first tissue sample when the first tissue sample compartment is at a first rotational position; (c) rotating the tissue sample holder to position the first tissue sample compartment at a second rotational position to present the first tissue sample to a user; and (d) rotating the tissue sample holder to position a second tissue sample compartment of the tissue sample holder at the first rotational position to acquire a second tissue sample in the second tissue sample compartment, wherein the second tissue sample compartment is adjacent to the first tissue sample compartment, wherein the first tissue sample compartment is at a third rotational position when the second tissue sample compartment is at the first rotational position.