A bioptome is a small
pincer Pincer may refer to:
*Pincers (tool)
*Pincer (biology), part of an animal
*Pincer ligand, a terdentate, often planar molecule that tightly binds a variety of metal ions
*The List_of_Go_terms#Pincer, Pincer move in the game of Go
See also
*Pinc ...
-shaped cutting/grasping
instrument used in
medicine
Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...
for taking
endomyocardial biopsy
Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is an invasive procedure used routinely to obtain small samples of heart muscle, primarily for detecting rejection of a donor heart following heart transplantation. It is also used as a diagnostic tool in some heart ...
specimens of the
heart muscle
Cardiac muscle (also called heart muscle, myocardium, cardiomyocytes and cardiac myocytes) is one of three types of vertebrate muscle tissues, with the other two being skeletal muscle and smooth muscle. It is an involuntary, striated muscle tha ...
following
heart transplantation
A heart transplant, or a cardiac transplant, is a surgical transplant procedure performed on patients with end-stage heart failure or severe coronary artery disease when other medical or surgical treatments have failed. , the most common procedu ...
in
rejection monitoring and for diagnosing some diseases of the heart.
Technique
It is flexible and usually operated under the guidance of
fluoroscopy
Fluoroscopy () is an imaging technique that uses X-rays to obtain real-time moving images of the interior of an object. In its primary application of medical imaging, a fluoroscope () allows a physician to see the internal structure and functio ...
or
echocardiography
An echocardiography, echocardiogram, cardiac echo or simply an echo, is an ultrasound of the heart.
It is a type of medical imaging of the heart, using standard ultrasound or Doppler ultrasound.
Echocardiography has become routinely used in t ...
.
History
Since 1962, many modifications to the device and techniques in its use have been made.
References
Surgical instruments
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