Implantable surgical marker

Details Implantable surgical marker Implantable surgical marker

1998-06-26

1999-08-24

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Surgical mesh, connector, clip, clamp or band

606219, 606220, 606157, 411457, A61B 1708

Patent

active

059418907

ABSTRACT:
An implantable marker for implantation in tissue of a surgical patient is disclosed. The marker has a base and an elevated bridge. A pair of legs descend from first and second transitions of the bridge. Each leg has a distal tip, a generally straight leg arm adjacent the tip, and a camming marker surface between the transitions of the base and the straight leg arm. The camming marker surfaces extend outwardly from the straight leg arms of the legs. In its open configuration, the first and second straight leg arms of the legs of the marker are generally parallel to each other. In its closed configuration, the first and second straight leg arms converge towards each other, and a marker apex is formed at the distal tips of the legs. The marker is particularly adapted for fixation in tissue to mark the site of a lesion or other abnormal tissue which may be removed during a biopsy procedure, for example a breast biopsy procedure. Advantageously, the camming marker surfaces of the legs of the marker facilitate the ability to form the marker upon pushing the marker distally into the tissue, thus insuring deep penetration of the marker and the grasping of a sufficient amount of tissue to securely fix the marker to the tissue.

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