Surgical cutting apparatus

摘要

A surgical apparatus for cutting and storing sections of body tissue comprising: a housing having a handle assembly; an elongated outer tube extending from the handle assembly; a cutting tube positioned within the outer tube and movable in response to actuation of the handle assembly between a retracted position and a distal position to cut body tissue, the cutting tube having a chamber formed therein for storing the but tissue sections, a tissue engaging member fixedly positioned at a distal end portion of the elongated outer tube, the tissue engaging member having an engaging surface, the engaging surface being received within an open distal end of the cutting tube when the cutting tube is an the distal position thereof to at least support the body tissue to facilitate cutting thereof by the cutting tube, and being configured for engaging and forcing body tissue sections but by the cutting tube proximally though the open distal end and within the cutting tube.