The light apparatus can provide visible light in a generally planar form, and the hollow needle can be aligned with the plane of light provided by the light apparatus.

A biopsy device having a handpiece, an elongated hollow needle with a lateral tissue receiving port, and an apparatus for providing a guide path, such as a light apparatus, is described.

The microneedles are either hollow or empty, like a normal hypodermic needle, or covered with a drug which breaks down in the eye.