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.{{Cite book|last=Baim|first=Donald S.|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r0cE-S10SKMC&pg=PA396|title=Grossman's Cardiac Catheterization, Angiography, and Intervention|date=2006|publisher=Lippincott Williams & Wilkins|isbn=9780781755672|chapter=20. Endomyocardial biopsy|page=396|language=en|author-link1=Donald S. Baim}}
Technique
It is flexible and usually operated under the guidance of fluoroscopy or echocardiography.{{cite journal |last1=Unterberg-Buchwald |first1=Christina |last2=Ritter |first2=Christian Oliver |last3=Reupke |first3=Verena |last4=Wilke |first4=Robin Niklas |last5=Stadelmann |first5=Christine |last6=Steinmetz |first6=Michael |last7=Schuster |first7=Andreas |last8=Hasenfuß |first8=Gerd |last9=Lotz |first9=Joachim |last10=Uecker |first10=Martin |title=Targeted endomyocardial biopsy guided by real-time cardiovascular magnetic resonance |journal=Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance |date=19 April 2017 |volume=19 |issue=1 |pages=45 |doi=10.1186/s12968-017-0357-3 |pmid=28424090 |pmc=5395773 |issn=1097-6647 |doi-access=free }}
History
Since 1962, many modifications to the device and techniques in its use have been made.{{Cite news|url=https://bjcardio.co.uk/2017/07/a-review-of-endomyocardial-biopsy-and-current-practice-in-england-out-of-date-or-underutilised/|title=A review of endomyocardial biopsy and current practice in England: out of date or underutilised?|last=Asher|first=Alex|date=July 2017|work=The British Journal of Cardiology|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-GB}}{{Cite journal|last1=Melvin|first1=Kenneth R.|last2=Mason|first2=Jay W.|date=15 June 1982|title=Endomyocardial biopsy: its history, techniques and current indications|journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal|volume=126|issue=12|pages=1381–1386|issn=0008-4409|pmc=1863164|pmid=7044509}}