SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING A FULL THICKNESS TISSUE BIOPSY

摘要

A medical system (10) for performing a tissue biopsy at a remote lo-cation within a patient is disclosed. The medical system comprises an elongate outer cutting member (14), an elongate inner member (22) movably disposed within the outer member, and a tissue traction member (24) for anchoring bodi-ly tissue and pulling a sample of the tis-sue within the outer cutting member.