mammotome REVOLVE - Probe and Holster Types

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Figure 3. Cart Illustration and Nomenclature
EX Holders (Cart Detachable Component)
The EX holders are designed exclusively for use with the Mammotome revolve Cart to contain the
Mammotome revolve EX Holster and/or EX Probe in the clinical environment.
Figure 4.: EX Holders Illustration
ST Probe and Vacuum Tube Set
The ST Probe (along with its integrated components: Specimen Management System and Vacuum
Tube Set) is a sterile, single-patient use device that may be used with imaging guidance to excise a
tissue sample for diagnosis. The probe is designed to be loaded onto the ST holster. The body of the
probe contains locking tabs to secure the probe to the ST holster. The probe consists of an outer
trocar shaft and an inner cutter in a distal sample aperture. The sample aperture can be rotated to the
desired orientation using either the probe’s aperture rotation thumbwheel or the ST Holster aperture
rotation knobs.
The probe comes packaged with an attached vacuum tube set. The vacuum tube set connects the
probe to a vacuum source through the surgical side of a vacuum canister and allows fluid collected
from the probe to be drained into the canister. The tube set has three points of attachment: 1) to the