Bioptome

A bioptome is a small pincer-shaped cutting/grasping instrument used in medicine for taking endomyocardial biopsy specimens of the heart muscle following heart transplantation in rejection monitoring and for diagnosing some diseases of the heart.[1]

  1. ^ Baim, Donald S. (2006). "20. Endomyocardial biopsy". Grossman's Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 396. ISBN 9780781755672.