DEVICE FOR LOW-TRAUMATIC PERFORATION BIOPSY OF SKIN OF PEOPLE AND LABORATORY ANIMALS Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC A61B10/02 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: claimed invention relates to medicine, namely to dermatology, pathological physiology and pathological anatomy. Device contains hollow metal cylinder with internal diameter 2 mm. Working end of cylinder is sharpened from clearance side with formation of internal slant of cylinder wall section and has eight cuts on perimetre at equal distance from each other. Cuts are made to enhance cutting ability of edge in carrying out rotation movements while sampling tissue. Cylinder is fixed on plastic handle and is provided with plastic limiting cuff. Cuff is fixed on handle in such a way that in sagittal projection cylinder protrudes for 4-5 mm from cuff.

EFFECT: low-traumatic, convenient and safer sampling of biopsy material is possible, sampling cylinder-shaped skin sample from the surface to subcutaneous cell, hypodermy, including all skin layers, suitable for all types of hystologic analyses.

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