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. 2013 May 2;2:120. [Version 1] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.2-120.v1

Figure 1. Size comparison of needle, biopsy devices and biopsy comparisons.

Figure 1.

A conventional biopsy punch is shown on the left, an 18 gauge syringe needle in the centre and the inner chamber of our microbiopsy device on the right Panel ( a). Our microbiopsy device chamber is 0.15 mm in width with an outer width of 0.25 mm. The top row of Panel ( b) contains a conventional 3 mm biopsy site and tissue, whereas the bottom panels show microbiopsied skin and tissue.