Mechanism for retaining a marker
AssigneeMerit Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsKenneth Sykes, Steven Weir, Emilio Aguilar, Richard P. Jenkins, Jim Mottola, Michael Dean Haslam
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Abstract
A device, and methods for using said device, for inserting a marker into a patient's body. The device may comprise a retention mechanism to hold the device in an first, undeployed, state. The device may be inserted into a patient's body in the first state, transitioned by the user into a second state wherein the retention mechanism is overcome, and then transition the device into a third state to deliver a marker to a precise location. The device may then be removed from the patient's body.
Claims15
A system for implanting a marker in a patient's body, comprising:
- a cannula;
- a marker within the cannula;
- a stylet configured to eject the marker from the cannula;
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- an indented bridge defined by the cannula configured to engage with and retain the marker within the cannula,
- wherein the indented bridge is disposed between two slots in the cannula and a portion of the indented bridge is bent radially inward, and
- wherein a distal portion and a proximal portion of the indented bridge are secured to the cannula.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.