Patent ID: 7172558

Claim:
A collection device for excised tissue immobilization, core sampling of the tissue, and transport of the tissue for pathological analysis, comprising: (a) a base member having an annular bottom wall and a side wall upwardly extending from the peripheral edge of said bottom wall for containing a collected tissue specimen, said side wall having a plurality of apertures positioned around at least a portion of the circumference of said side wall to facilitate selected core sampling of said tissue specimen therethrough; (b) a removable annular lid member adapted to be matingly fitted to said side wall of said base member, said lid member having a top wall and a skirt circumscribing said top wall and extending downward therefrom, said skirt having a plurality of generally vertically extending slits therein and said slits positioned such that each of said slits aligns with a corresponding one of said apertures when said lid member is matingly fitted to said base member; and (c) at least one incremental latching mechanism for securing said lid member to said base member when said tissue specimen is placed in said base member and applying a selected compression to said tissue specimen to securely contain said tissue specimen between said lid member and said base member.