A biopsate recovery device (16) for recovering a biopsate (20) through an opening (46) with a recovery element (17) for fastening to or adjacent to a working tip (13) of a biopsy instrument (10) is disclosed, wherein the recovery element (17) is set up to—；while the working tip (13) is being retracted through the opening (46)—；be folded over the biopsate (20) in order to enclose the biopsate during the retraction of the working tip (13) through the opening (46) in order to separate the biopsate (20) from the environment during retraction through the opening (46). As a result of this, the biopsate (20) and/or the environment can be protected against contamination and/or cell transfer and/or germ transfer, and/or the biopsate (20) can be protected against being inadvertently stripped off at the opening (46).
