Patent ID: 7131951
Filing Date: 2006-11-07
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A biopsy device comprising: a cutter; a sample needle, wherein at least part of the sample needle is positionable in the cutter; an actuator coupled to the cutter and to the sample needle, wherein the actuator is configured to alter a spatial relationship between the cutter and the sample needle such that a tissue sample in a sample opening of the sample needle is separated from adjacent tissue by a cutting edge of the cutter; and a sheath comprising a threaded portion, wherein the threaded portion of the sheath is positionable in a threaded opening in the actuator, and wherein the position of the sheath relative to the actuator is adjustable by threading the sheath into or out of the threaded opening, and wherein the cutter and the sample needle are positionable in the sheath; wherein at least a portion of the biopsy device is flexible such that the biopsy device is positionable in an endoscope during use.