A biopsy device including a biopsy needle having an interior lumen and an exterior surface and a secondary solution sleeve comprising an interior cylindrical portion and an exterior cylindrical portion disposed about the interior cylindrical portion and concentric thereto defining a lumen between the interior and exterior cylindrical portions, wherein the biopsy needle is sized to fit within the interior cylindrical portion and is concentric therewith, and wherein following obtaining of a biopsy specimen, the biopsy needle is segregated from healthy tissue by enclosure of the biopsy needle in the sleeve.
