Patent ID: 7909850

Claim:
A medical device, comprising: a first half-shell and a second half-shell, each of the first half-shell and the second half-shell having a front rim and a base wall, the first half-shell and the second half-shell each being mounted on a support element in a manner such that the first and the second half-shells can adopt a first, open configuration and a second, closed configuration in which the front rim of the first half-shell contacts the front rim of the second half-shell without the front rim of the first half-shell entering a cavity of the second half-shell or the front rim of the second half-shell entering a cavity in the first half-shell, the first half-shell including a hole in the base wall configured to pass a biopsy sample; and a container element associated with the first half-shell, the container element having an open end for receiving the biopsy sample into a cavity sized to contain a plurality of biopsy samples, the open end corresponding in size to the hole in the base wall of the first half-shell, wherein the first half-shell has a configuration different from a configuration of the second half-shell, in both the open and closed configurations.