Inventors:
Clarence M. Oloff - Dayton OH
Linda M. Hermann - Feasterville PA
William G. Moss - Enon OH
Steven R. Sims - Dayton OH
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air
Force - Washington DC
International Classification:
A61B 1000
Abstract:
A bone biopsy arrangement especially suited for use in obtaining axial skeleton trephine samples from the spinal vertebra centrum of a living test specimen in a safe and rapid manner. The disclosed arrangement uses radiographic mapping, precise mechanical control of the trephine with an apparatus disclosed in detail, conventional trephine energizing and a test specimen such as a rhesus monkey. Improved quality plural samples from a single test subject that were heretofore considered too inaccessible and dangerous for practicality are achieved.