Patent ID: 7322990

Claim:
In a biopsy system having a biopsy needle guide secured to a needle guide support bracket, the biopsy needle guide system comprising: a needle guide support bracket; a body having a periphery that defines an edge of the needle guide, the periphery defining a top surface, a bottom surface and a pair of side surfaces; a cradling aperture positioned in the body and sized to engage the needle guide support bracket; a tapered channel in communication with the cradling aperture, the channel extending inwardly from one of the side surfaces of the body toward the cradling aperture; and a biopsy needle aperture wherein a biopsy needle may extend therethrough, and wherein the needle aperture and the cradling aperture define a vertical axis through the needle aperture and the cradling aperture, and the channel extends inwardly from one of the side surfaces towards the vertical axis.