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A system and method provides for the capture of body tissue samples such as lymph nodes. The system includes a bag formed of a flexible material having a first end opened for receiving the body tissue sample and a second end which is closed to the body tissue sample but which permits a vacuum to be

A system and method provides for the capture of body tissue samples such as lymph nodes. The system includes a bag formed of a flexible material having a first end opened for receiving the body tissue sample and a second end which is closed to the body tissue sample but which permits a vacuum to be pulled through the bag. The system further includes a vacuum tube in which the body tissue sample capture bag may be disposed and a vacuum source that pulls a vacuum through the body tissue sample capture bag for pulling the body tissue sample into the bag through the opened end of the bag.

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A system and method provides for the capture of body tissue samples such as lymph nodes. The system includes a bag formed of a flexible material having a first end opened for receiving the body tissue sample and a second end which is closed to the body tissue sample but which permits a vacuum to be

A system and method provides for the capture of body tissue samples such as lymph nodes. The system includes a bag formed of a flexible material having a first end opened for receiving the body tissue sample and a second end which is closed to the body tissue sample but which permits a vacuum to be pulled through the bag. The system further includes a vacuum tube in which the body tissue sample capture bag may be disposed and a vacuum source that pulls a vacuum through the body tissue sample capture bag for pulling the body tissue sample into the bag through the opened end of the bag. ond axis and the first axis is perpendicular to the second axis. 3. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the first select path is in a vertical plane and the second select path is in a horizontal plane. 4. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the support comprises a Ferris wheel and the carriers comprise gondolas carried on the Ferris wheel. 5. The dispensing system of claim 4 wherein each of the gondolas is carried by the Ferris wheel about a freely pivoting axis. 6. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the dispensing system comprises a merchandising game and the control means comprises a user operated input device for operating the actuator. 7. The dispensing system of claim 6 wherein the control means is operable to rotate the actuator a single revolution responsive to operation of the user operated device. 8. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the dispensing system comprises a redemption device and the targets are of plural select different sizes. 9. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the dispensing system is a gaming device and the control means automatically, randomly operates the actuator. 10. The dispensing system of claim 9 wherein the control means is operable to rotate the actuator a single revolution. 11. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the control means operates the drive and speed of the drive is selectively controlled to set skill level. 12. The dispensing system of claim 1 wherein the targets are of plural select different sizes to set skill level. 13. The dispensing system of claim 1 further comprising a hopper for storing articles to be dispensed and feed system for feeding articles to be dispensed from the hopper to the carriers. 14. The dispensing system of claim 13 wherein the feed system comprises a sensor for sensing empty carriers and a feeder selectively actuable to drop an article to be dispensed from the hopper to the carriers. 15. The dispensing system of claim 14 wherein the feed system is operable to actuate the feeder in response to the sensor finding an empty carrier. 16. The dispensing system of claim 15 wherein the feed system is operatively associated with the control means. 17. The dispensing system of claim 13 wherein the cabinet is an upright cabinet having a transparent wall frontwardly of the hopper. 18. The dispensing system of claim 14 wherein the first axis extends transversely in the cabinet so that during rotation of the support, each carrier, and an article carried therein, is visible from a front of the cabinet. 19. A dispensing system comprising: a cabinet; a plurality of carriers, each for carrying an article to be dispensed and having an associated target; a support carrying the carriers in spaced relation to one another in the cabinet, each of the carriers being moveably carried on the support so that if one of the targets is struck, the associated carrier is tipped to drop an article carried therein; a drive for moving the support in a single fixed orbit; an actuator movably mounted in the cabinet for movement in a select path, the select path intersecting the orbit in an intersecting zone; control means for operating the actuator to move in the select path, wherein the actuator will strike one of the targets to tip the associated carrier if the one target and the actuator are in the intersecting zone simultaneously; and a dispenser operatively associated with the cabinet for receiving an article dropped from one of the carriers for a user to collect. 20. A dispensing system comprising: a cabinet; a plurality of carriers, each for carrying an article to be dispensed; a support carrying the carriers in spaced relation to one another in the cabinet, each of the carriers being moveably carried on the support so that if one of the carriers is struck, the one carrier is tipped to drop an article carried therein; a drive for moving the support in the cabinet in a first select path; an actuator movably mounted in the cabinet for