Target tissue localization device
AssigneeArtemis Medical, Inc.
InventorsRichard Eustis Fulton, III, William R. Dubrul
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Abstract
A target tissue localization device includes a tubular mesh anchor element that is secured to a placement device. In use, the localization device is passed through the patient's skin to the target tissue, creating a tissue track. The tubular mesh anchor element is located at the target tissue and expanded from a contracted to an expanded configuration. Methods for localizing a lymph node are also described. After determining the position of the lymph node, a localization device, which includes an anchor element, is localized near or within the lymph node. The anchor element is then expanded.
Claims6
A method for localizing a target tissue, comprising the steps of:
- determining the location of the target tissue;
- passing a distal end of an elongate localization device through the patient's skin and to the target tissue to create a tissue track between the patient's skin and the target tissue, the localization device comprising a tubular mesh anchor element secured to a placement device, the placement device extending from the tubular mesh anchor element, along the tissue track and through the patient's skin;
- locating the tubular mesh anchor element at the target tissue;
- expanding the tubular mesh anchor element from a contracted to an expanded configuration;
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- wherein the cross-sectional area of the tubular mesh anchor element in the expanded configuration is at least four times the cross-sectional area in the contracted state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.