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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2014
Snpshot Trustee Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Michael Stuart Gardner, Auckland, NZ;
Roy Victor Bladen, Auckland, NZ;
SNPSHOT Trustee Limited, Auckland, NZ;
Abstract
A biopsy sampler comprising a penetration zone for receiving a part of an organism, a ram actuated to move along a path between a withdrawn position and an advanced position, a sample collector that cuts a biopsy sample from tissue in the penetration zone, and a container that receives the sample collector, the sample collector and the container being initially located on opposite sides of the penetration zone, a disposable shield initially located between the ram in the withdrawn position and the penetration zone, advance action of the ram to the advanced position bringing together the sample collector and container, and bringing the disposable shield into the penetration zone, withdrawal action of the ram to the withdrawn position withdrawing the disposable shield, leaving the tissue free to leave the penetration zone, such that in use in collecting a sample the shield contacts tissue surfaces and while the ram does not.