Patent ID: 7066893

Claim:
A method for obtaining a biopsy sample, the method comprising the steps of: positioning a hollow biopsy probe having at least two sample ports in a tissue mass of a patient; disposing a first insert in the probe to obtain a core tissue sample; displacing a core specimen of tissue into the probe by displacing the core specimen through at least one sample port in the probe; axially translating a cutter within die hollow biopsy probe to sever the core specimen of tissue from the tissue mass; removing the core tissue specimen from the probe; disposing a second insert within the probe to obtain a perimeter tissue sample, wherein the insert at least partially defines at least one specimen chamber; rotating the insert to align a specimen chamber with one of the sample ports; displacing a perimeter tissue specimen from the tissue mass into a specimen chamber through a sample port in the probe; and axially translating the cutter to sever the perimeter specimen from the tissue mass.