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US 12,383,762 B2Granted
Fiducial marker for oncological and other procedures
AssigneeVidera Surgical Inc.
InventorsAlex Vayser, Sunny Mitchell, Henry Jay Lee, Joseph Guido
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for marking a target with a radiopaque marker is disclosed. The method may include providing a radiopaque filament and inserting at least portion of the radiopaque filament into tissue. The filament may extend continuously and at last partially around a perimeter of the target so that the filament is disposed in a plurality of surgical planes to demarcate the target with the radiopaque maker.
Claims17
A radiopaque marker, comprising:
- a flexible radiopaque filament comprising a loop configured to be disposed at adjacent tissue,
- wherein the loop forms a spring element configured to expand from a collapsed configuration to an expanded configuration that fills a void or a surgical cavity surrounded by the tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.