DE20008226U1 - Device for holding biopsy vessels - Google Patents

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TTER, SCHURACK & SKORA

PATENT ATTORNEYS Hofstetter, Schurack & Skora

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▲ MUNICH

Dr. rer. nat. Alfons J. Hofstetter'" Dr.-lng. Eduard F. Schurack'"

▲ HANOVER

Dipl.-Ing. Michael Skora " ³

▲ In cooperation with Lenzing Gerber

Patent Attorneys Dusseldorf

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Prof. Dr. med. Peter Althaus D-10117 Berlin

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GERMAN UTILITY MODEL NEW REGISTRATION

Device for holding biopsy vessels

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Utility model application

Device for holding biopsy vessels

DESCRIPTION :

The present invention relates to a device for receiving biopsy vessels, in particular for receiving pipette vessels and/or test tubes.

Such devices for holding biopsy vessels are known. In particular, so-called pipette or test tube holders are used for this purpose. The disadvantage of these known holders, however, is that the openings for the corresponding pipette vessels or test tubes are usually arranged in rows and columns. This means, however, that after taking a tissue sample and placing it in the corresponding vessel, the surgeon must immediately label this vessel so that the tissue samples are not mixed up later. This labeling process, however, is very time-consuming, which in turn disadvantageously prolongs the surgical procedure of taking the tissue.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a device for receiving biopsy vessels, which ensures a reliable identification of the tissue samples received in the biopsy vessels while minimizing the time required for labeling the corresponding biopsy vessels.

To solve this problem, a device according to the features of the main claim 1 serves.

Advantageous embodiments are described in the subclaims.

A device according to the invention for receiving biopsy vessels has a flat receiving element, wherein several openings for receiving the biopsy vessels are formed in the receiving element and the arrangement of the openings in the receiving element corresponds approximately to the location of the removal sites for tissue samples from or on an organ and at least one outline is formed on the receiving element to represent the organ. This ensures that the corresponding tissue sample can be easily identified with the biopsy vessel without the need for special marking of the biopsy vessel, since the location of the removal site of the tissue sample is shown or reproduced on the receiving element by the arrangement of the receiving openings. The surgeon can thus carry out a large number of tissue samples in succession without having to mark the biopsy vessels. This significantly reduces the time required to carry out the biopsy or surgical procedure.

In an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the receiving element has at least one orientation symbol to indicate the location of the removal sites for tissue samples from the organ. Such orientation symbols can be of a wide variety of types. For example, the symbols "L" and "R" can indicate the directions "left" and "right". However, other orientation symbols can also be used to orient the location of the removal sites for tissue samples and their corresponding recording in the receiving element.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the device is integrated into a container. In addition to making the device very easy to handle, this also allows the integration of cooling devices or similar mechanisms for storing and preserving the tissue samples.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the device has holding and gripping elements, which also serve to improve the handling of the device.
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Further details, features and advantages of the invention emerge from an embodiment shown in the following drawings. They show:

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of the device according to the invention;

and

Figure 2 is a schematic side view of the device according to the invention.

Figure 1 shows a schematic plan view of a device 10 for receiving biopsy vessels 16. The biopsy vessels 16 are, for example, pipette vessels or test tubes. It can be seen that the device 10 has a flat receiving element 12, wherein several openings 14 are formed in the receiving element 12 for receiving the biopsy vessels 16. The arrangement of these openings 14 in the receiving element 12 corresponds approximately to the position of the sampling locations for tissue samples on or from an organ. To determine the position, at least one outline 18 is formed on the receiving element 12 to represent the organ. The exemplary embodiment shows a heart-shaped outline 18 for schematically representing a heart and the corresponding tissue sampling locations on this organ.

Furthermore, it can be seen that the device 10 has two orientation symbols 20, namely "L" and "R" as abbreviations for the directions "left" and "right", for further identifying the location of the tissue sample collection sites.

Figure 2 shows a schematic side view of the device 10. The arrangement of the biopsy vessels 16 in the receiving element 12 can be seen.

However, it is also possible for the device 10 to be integrated into a container (not shown). Furthermore, the device 10 can have holding and gripping elements (not shown). 25

The device 10 is usually made of plastic, wood, metal or a metal alloy.

Claims (5)

1. Device for receiving biopsy vessels, in particular for receiving pipette vessels and/or test tubes, characterized in that the device ( 10 ) has a flat receiving element ( 12 ), wherein a plurality of openings ( 14 ) for receiving the biopsy vessels ( 16 ) are formed in the receiving element ( 12 ), and the arrangement of the openings ( 14 ) in the receiving element ( 12 ) corresponds approximately to the position of the removal sites of tissue samples on or from an organ, and at least one outline line ( 18 ) for representing the organ is formed on the receiving element ( 12 ). 2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the receiving element ( 12 ) has at least one orientation symbol ( 20 ) for further identifying the position of the removal sites of tissue samples from the organ. 3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the device ( 10 ) is integrated into a container. 4. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device ( 10 ) consists of plastic, wood, metal or a metal alloy. 5. Device according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device ( 10 ) has holding and gripping elements.