Patent ID: 7077803

Claim:
A living tissue harvesting apparatus comprising: a sheath which is inserted in a body through a cut skin portion; an endoscope which is inserted through the sheath; a cutting device which is attached to the sheath so that the cutting device is moved in a longitudinal direction of the sheath by moving the sheath in the longitudinal direction together with the sheath, and movable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the sheath and which can cut a living tissue; an operation member for moving the cutting device in the longitudinal direction with respect to the sheath; and a holder which is attached to the sheath to be moveable with the sheath and to hold a harvesting object tissue in the body and which includes a press discharge portion to press-discharge the harvesting object tissue in a direction detached from the cutting device, the press discharge portion being movable in the longitudinal direction relative to the sheath; wherein the holder includes a hook portion to catch the living tissue in a position disposed opposite to the cutting device; and the cutting device and hook portion are movable with respect to each other.