Patent ID: 7914463

Claim:
A biopsy needle for extracting multiple cores from the same area, comprising: a having a first cavity configured to accept a first sample core, a second cavity configured to accept a second sample core, and an opening configured to receive the first sample core and the second sample core; and a sheath positioned coaxially with said needle wherein said sheath has a substantially open end portion and wherein the sheath is configured to pass a tissue sample forming the first sample core and the second sample core through the open end portion of the sheath, through the opening of the needle and into the respective first cavity and second cavity; wherein the sheath and the needle are positioned coaxially along a longitudinal axis, and wherein the sheath is configured to pass tissue longitudinally into the first cavity and the second cavity such that a wall separating the first cavity and the second cavity is configured to separate the tissue sample into the first sample core that is advanced longitudinally into the first cavity and the second sample core that is advanced longitudinally into the second cavity.