Biopsy marker with anchoring capabilities

A biopsy marker, comprising:

• a bioabsorbable component having a hydrated state and a dehydrated state, wherein the bioabsorbable component increases in size, softens, and liquifies to a degree when transitioning from the dehydrated state to the hydrated state;
• a non-bioabsorbable component, the non-bioabsorbable component including:
• a body section having a predefined non-linear shape, wherein the body section resides at least partially within the bioabsorbable component;
• a first beam extending from the body section to a first spring component;
• the first spring component residing between a first anchoring arm and the first beam;
• the body section and at least a portion of the first anchoring arm residing within an outer surface of the bioabsorbable component when the bioabsorbable component is in the dehydrated state, whereby the dehydrated bioabsorbable component applies a force on the first anchoring arm that is greater than a spring force of the first spring component such that the portion of the first anchoring arm residing within the outer surface of the dehydrated bioabsorbable component remains within the outer surface of the dehydrated bioabsorbable component;
• the bioabsorbable component applying a lesser force on the first anchoring arm when the bioabsorbable component is in the hydrated state in comparison to the force applied by the dehydrated bioabsorbable component, wherein the lesser force is less than the spring force of the first spring component;
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• the first spring component thereby causing the first anchoring arm to move to an anchoring orientation when the bioabsorbable component transitions from the dehydrated state to the hydrated state.

A biopsy marker, comprising:

• a bioabsorbable component, wherein the bioabsorbable component can be dehydrated to reduce its size and hydrated to increase its size;
• a non-bioabsorbable component, the non-bioabsorbable component including:
• a body section having a predefined non-linear shape, wherein the body section resides at least partially within the bioabsorbable component;
• a first beam extending from the body section to a first spring component that resides between a first anchoring arm and the first beam, the first beam further including a length greater than a distance between the body section and an outer surface of the bioabsorbable component when the bioabsorbable component is in the dehydrated state, such that the first spring component resides outside of the bioabsorbable component when the bioabsorbable component is in the dehydrated state;
• a second beam extending from the body section to a second spring component residing between a second anchoring arm and the second beam, the second beam further including a length greater than the distance between the body section and the outer surface of the bioabsorbable component when the bioabsorbable component is in the dehydrated state, such that the second spring component resides outside of the bioabsorbable component when the bioabsorbable component is in the dehydrated state;
• an insertion orientation and an anchoring orientation, the insertion orientation including the biopsy marker having a lateral span that is less than the lateral span of the biopsy marker when the bioabsorbable component is in the anchoring orientation;
• the insertion orientation including the first and second anchoring arms each being subject to an external force to overcome a respective spring force from the first and second spring components;
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• the anchoring orientation including the first and second anchoring arms being free of the external force and the first and second spring components causing the first and second anchoring arms to spring outward to increase the lateral span of the biopsy marker.