Patent ID: 8622927

Claim:
A biopsy device comprising: a. a probe having an elongate cutter defining a cutter lumen, wherein the cutter is operable to sever a tissue sample and communicate the tissue sample through the cutter lumen; b. a holster; c. a tissue sample holder comprising a plurality of tissue chambers, wherein each tissue chamber is configured to receive a tissue sample communicated from the cutter lumen; and d. a manually operated rotation mechanism configured to rotate the tissue sample holder to index each tissue chamber to the cutter lumen, wherein the rotation mechanism comprises a pawl, wherein the rotation mechanism comprises a pair of actuators that are manually actuatable by a user when the probe is coupled to the holster, wherein the actuators are configured to initiate rotation of the tissue sample holder, wherein the manually operated rotation mechanism is configured to advance the tissue sample holder by one tissue chamber during a single actuation stroke of the actuators, and wherein each actuator of the pair of actuators is selected from the group consisting of a button and a lever.