A tissue specimen collector (8； 132), which is adapted for collecting tissue specimens during a biopsy procedure, is a multi-chamber collector having a main collector housing (58； 133) and a collector rack (59； 138) arranged lengthwise displaceable inside the main collector housing (58； 133). The collector rack (59； 138) has a series of adjacent chambers (60； 143) for accommodating tissue specimens, and said main collector housing (58； 133) has a collector port (71a； 167) adapted to connect to a supply of tissue specimens to receive tissue specimens in each consecutive chamber of the serious of adjacent chambers in the order they are resected from suspicious tissue.
