# OnCo record vacuum-assisted-breast-biopsy (technology). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)". Whole corpus: https://onco.cc/api/v1/onco.nt
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<https://onco.cc/technologies/vacuum-assisted-breast-biopsy/>
  a schema:MedicalTherapy ;
  onco:kind "technology" ;
  schema:identifier "vacuum-assisted-breast-biopsy" ;
  schema:name "Vacuum-assisted breast biopsy systems (Mammotome, EnCor, Eviva, Brevera)"@en ;
  schema:alternateName "Vacuum-assisted biopsy"@en, "VAB"@en, "Vacuum-assisted excision"@en, "Mammotome Revolve"@en, "Mammotome Prima MR"@en, "EnCor Enspire"@en, "EnCor EnCompass"@en, "Eviva"@en, "EleVation"@en, "Brevera"@en ;
  schema:description "A breast biopsy needle that uses suction to pull tissue into its side window and cut it, so several larger samples can be taken through one small cut in the skin, guided by mammogram, ultrasound or MRI."@en ;
  schema:url <https://onco.cc/technologies/vacuum-assisted-breast-biopsy/> ;
  schema:dateModified "2026-11-04"^^xsd:date ;
  schema:citation <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfPCD/classification.cfm?ID=KNW>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K202012>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K260365>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K233220>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K252681>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K192948>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K180233>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K163052>, <https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfpmn/pmn.cfm?ID=K262792> ;
  onco:status "standard-of-care" ;
  onco:tag "devices-gaps-2026-11" ;
  onco:cancers <https://onco.cc/cancers/breast-cancer/> ;
  onco:sections <https://onco.cc/fronts/diagnostics/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/imaging/>, <https://onco.cc/fronts/devices/> ;
  onco:technologies <https://onco.cc/technologies/stereotactic-breast-biopsy/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/breast-lesion-localisation/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/mammography/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/breast-mri-coils-abbreviated-mri/>, <https://onco.cc/technologies/automated-breast-ultrasound/> ;
  onco:companies <https://onco.cc/companies/mammotome/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/hologic/>, <https://onco.cc/companies/becton-dickinson/> ;
  onco:terms <https://onco.cc/terms/core-needle-biopsy/>, <https://onco.cc/terms/biopsy/> .