Patent ID: 8485988
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A biopsy device, comprising: a housing; a coring cannula having a distal end, a longitudinal axis and being centered on the axis and coupled to the housing, the coring cannula rotatable about the axis; a garrote wire coupled to the coring cannula for transecting a tissue sample contained within the coring cannula, the garrote wire being movable between a first wire position and a second wire position, the garrote wire forming a loop external to the coring cannula when in the first wire position; a pair of rotatable cleats coupled to the housing and being rotatable between a first cleat position and a second cleat position; and, a trigger mechanism coupled to the housing and the pair of rotatable cleats, the rotatable cleats for rotating from the first cleat position to the second cleat position, engaging the wire, and thereby drawing the garrote wire towards the second wire position in response to the trigger mechanism being actuated.