Surgical specimen mapping mechanism
AssigneeEmet Surgical
InventorRobert Witkow
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a marking system is disclosed. The marking system includes a specimen marker to be inserted within mass tissue and a first set of specimen markers be inserted within the mass tissue to provide a mapping for removing the mass tissue.
Claims5
A surgical specimen margin orientation marking mechanism comprises a plurality of surgical specimen margin markers configured to provide a mapping between a tumor mass and surrounding tissue, wherein each surgical specimen margin marker comprising a marking clip without sutures placed on tissue to identify one or more locations at which tissue is to be removed or surrounding tissue.
A method of marking a tumor mass and surrounding tissue comprising:
- positioning a central marking clip to identify a midpoint of said mass;
- positioning a first set of clips within said mass at locations around said central marking clip, and positioning a second set of clips at corresponding locations of surrounding tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.