Limited Reuse Biopsy Punch, Various Sizes

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Our reusable biopsy punches are multi-purpose sampling tools designed with a retractable cutting cannula. They are easy to operate, efficient, safe, fast and precise. Our punches consists of a razor sharp stainless steel cutting tip. It is designed to cut, retrieve and store the cored samples from a source materials. The source could be skin, tissue, gels, paper, cloth, leaves, paint chips, films or other thin, soft substrates. The biopsy punches are recommended as a DNA sampling tool and are also ideal for forensic use and laboratory sampling applications. The punches come sterile and are individually wrapped. They were sterilized using ethylene oxide.

Prices valid in USA, Canada, and PR only.

Features

  • Individual sterile packs
  • Limited reuse
  • Tip material: 304 stainless steel
  • Sterilization: Autoclaving for 20 minutes at 250°F.
  • The maximum sample depth is 2mm
 

Options

Order code  Size (mm)  ID (mm) OD (mm) Wall thickness (mm)
 504638  0.35  0.33  0.63  0.15
 504528  0.5  0.5  0.8  0.15
 504529  0.75  0.77  1.07  0.15
 504646  1  0.96  1.26  0.15
 504530  1.2  1.2  1.5  0.15
 504647  1.5  1.5  1.9  0.2
 504531  2  2  2.4  0.2
 504648  2.5  2.5  2.9  0.2
504649 3 3 3.4 0.2
504650 3.5 3.5 3.9 0.2
504651 4 4 4.4 0.2
504532 5 5 5.5 0.25
504533 6 6 6.5 0.25
504534 7 7 7.5 0.25
504535 8 8 8.5 0.25
 
  
Our reusable biopsy punches are multi-purpose sampling tools designed with a retractable cutting cannula. They are easy to operate, efficient, safe, fast and precise. Our punches consists of a razor sharp stainless steel cutting tip. It is designed to cut, retrieve and store the cored samples from a source materials. The source could be skin, tissue, gels, paper, cloth, leaves, paint chips, films or other thin, soft substrates. The biopsy punches are recommended as a DNA sampling tool and are also ideal for forensic use and laboratory sampling applications. The punches come sterile and are individually wrapped. They were sterilized using ethylene oxide.

Our biopsy  punches is a limited reusable, disposable sampling tools. They may be disposed of after use or cleaned and reused.

Cleaning

  1. Clean tip between each sample extraction by coring blank filter paper.
  2. Rinse with ethanol or spray with compressed air to remove dried artifacts.
  3. Rinse mat with ethanol after each sample extraction.

Customer comment

"I am using the 0.75 mm WPI punch for punching flow inlets in microfluidics chambers molded of PDMS (polydimethylsiloxane). I have made around 75 hole punches with a single unit into PDMS, the blade and the extractor still work perfectly, though the extractor button sticks slightly. I find the blade to be noticeably sharper than the Harris equivalent, as well as being more ergonomic, in my opinion, with the feel of a pen or pencil in one's hand. " R.P ,UNC

Modified Biopsy Punch 0.33mm Cannula (YA0016)

This biopsy punch was created for the Department of Plastic Surgery at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, Texas. Dr. Akagul, an assistant professor at the mentioned department, was working on skin antiaging therapy and needed a punch to obtain skin samples from patients without leaving a large mark on their faces. He tried our 0.35 and 0.5 punches, but they didn't work for his study.

He needed a dermal punch that didn't leave any scars and was only somewhat painful. He told our team that if he can find one, it has a lot of potential for treating a variety of skin conditions and disorders, and that it might be used in clinics.

To obtain core biopsies from flexible portions of skin, he needed a much sharper punch with a thinner wall thickness and a larger plunger diameter.

And that's exactly what we did. We customized the 0.35mm to 0.33mm punch to meet his needs, allowing him to complete his research. They've published a number of studies using the 0.33 punches, which are listed below.

“Below is a trichrome staining of the biopsy collected from skin waste tissue. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this biopsy as we have made great progress towards making this method to be widely used in routine clinical practice. “ Dr. Akagul

Modified Biopsy Punch 0.33mm Cannula, 0.30 Mm Plunger

 

More Information
SKU VAR-949
Material PP - body
304 stainless steel - cutting cannula (tip)
Packing individually wrapped
Sterilization  Autoclaving for 20 minutes at 250°F.
Patent  US patent pending no. 14/335,975
Origin Taiwan

Al Nahas, K., Cama, J., Schaich, M., Hammond, K., Deshpande, S., Dekker, C., … Keyser, U. F. (2019). A microfluidic platform for the characterisation of membrane active antimicrobials. Lab on a Chip, 19(5), 837–844. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8LC00932E

Ionescu, A., Zahavi, E. E., Gradus, T., Ben-Yaakov, K., & Perlson, E. (2016). Compartmental microfluidic system for studying muscle–neuron communication and neuromuscular junction maintenance. European Journal of Cell Biology, 95(2), 69–88. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejcb.2015.11.004

Wamsley, C. E., Kislevitz, M., Barillas, J., Basci, D., Kandagatla, V., Hitchcock, T., … Kenkel, J. (2021). A Single-Center Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Tolerability of Four Microneedling Treatments on Fine Lines and Wrinkles of Facial and Neck Skin in Subjects With Fitzpatrick Skin Types I-IV: An Objective Assessment Using Noninvasive Devices and 0.33-mm Microbiopsies. Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 41(11), NP1603–NP1618. https://doi.org/10.1093/ASJ/SJAB052

Kislevitz, M., Wamsley, C., Bartels, M., Lu, K. B., Li, X., Pinch, S., … Akgul, Y. (2021). Clinical Translation of Scarless 0.33-mm Core Microbiopsy for Molecular Evaluation of Human Skin. Aesthetic Surgery Journal, 41(11), NP1710–NP1720. https://doi.org/10.1093/ASJ/SJAA332

Kislevitz, M., Lu, K. B., Wamsley, C. E., Parsa, S., Hoopman, J. E., Kenkel, J. M., & Akgul, Y. (2021). Bipolar Fractional Radiofrequency Treatment of Suprapatellar Skin Assessment Using Noninvasive Devices and Microbiopsy. Aesthetic Surgery Journal. https://doi.org/10.1093/ASJ/SJAB210

Kislevitz, M., Lu, K. B., Wamsley, C., Hoopman, J., Kenkel, J., & Akgul, Y. (2020). Novel Use of Non-Invasive Devices and Microbiopsies to Assess Facial Skin Rejuvenation Following Laser Treatment. Lasers in Surgery and Medicine, 52(9), 822–830. https://doi.org/10.1002/LSM.23233

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