Patent ID: 7993282

Claim:
A method for taking a sample from an animal body part and tagging the animal body part for identification purposes, the method comprising: inserting an apparatus into the animal body part for taking a sample from the body and tagging the animal body part for identification purposes, the apparatus comprising a handle connected to an apparatus body, a plunger comprising a plunger handle, wherein the plunger and the plunger handle are disposed within the handle and the apparatus body, the apparatus body housing a hollow coring tube; the hollow coring tube passing through the apparatus body and through an identification tag removably attached to the apparatus body and bringing an animal body part sample into the hollow coring tube; threading the identification tag having a thread into the animal body part: wherein the threaded identification tag comprises customized information associated with an animal; removing the coring tube from the animal body part; extracting the sample from the coring tube by pushing the plunger via the plunger handle through the apparatus body and the coring tube; and leaving the identification tag in the animal body part for identification purposes.