Patent ID: 8088079
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. A device for capturing tissue during a medical procedure, the device comprising: a) a collection container having an inlet port, at least one sidewall defining an aperture, and an outlet port; b) a user graspable and removable tray sized for repetitive manual insertion through said aperture; c) an illumination component; and d) a dam extending inward from a container sidewall between said inlet port and said outlet port, wherein said dam partially separates said outlet port from said removable tray; e) wherein said tray has a perforated surface such that when said tray is inserted into said collection container travel of tissue under suction from said inlet port to said outlet port is inhibited by said tray; f) further wherein said tray is contiguous with a surface defining said aperture when in said inserted position.