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US 11,896,444 B2Granted
Tissue marking device and method of use
AssigneeDFC Medical LLC
InventorsLinda Henderson, James Robert Henderson
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Abstract
A tissue marking device enables the deployment of a hook to mark a location within a breast. The deployment is performed by inserting a needle in tissue until it arrives at a target location and pressing on the end of a rod that embeds the hook in the tissue. A thread is attached to the hook and is left exposed to facilitate locating the hook.
Claims19
A tissue marking device for marking a targeted tissue in a breast of a patient, the device comprising:
- a thread of flexible construction rigidly attached to a hook, the thread having at least one marking band rigidly attached thereto and elevated from a central axis thereof and the hook having at least one marking band rigidly attached thereto and elevated from a central axis thereof;
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- a tool for positioning the hook in the targeted tissue of a breast, the tool comprising:
- a needle comprising a body defining a first tube, the first tube having an open first end and an open second end;
- a rod comprising a second tube having an open first end and an open second end,
- wherein the rod is configured to pass through the first tube of the needle while the thread extends through the second tube of the rod out the open first end of the rod and the open first end of the needle,
- wherein the rod is configured to extend the hook into a patient's skin into the targeted tissue, and
- wherein the needle and the rod are each configured to be removed from the patient's skin leaving the thread protruding from the patient's skin.
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