Methods for manufacturing packaged systems for implanting markers in a patient
AssigneeVarian Medical Systems, Inc.
InventorsKeith Seiler, Eric Hadford
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Abstract
Packaged systems for implanting a marker in a patient and methods for manufacturing and using such systems. In one embodiment, a packaged system comprises an introducer having a cannula and a stylet configured to be received in the cannula, a marker in the cannula, and a package having a sterile compartment. The marker can have a casing configured to be implanted in a patient and a resonating circuit in the casing. The resonating circuit can comprise a coil configured to wirelessly transmit a target signal in response to a wirelessly transmitted excitation signal. The introducer is contained within the sterile compartment. In another embodiment, the marker is not loaded in the introducer within the compartment of the package.
Claims10
In localization systems that involve implanting markers in a patent, a method for manufacturing a packaged system for implanting a marker in a patient, comprising:
- providing a first marker having a first casing configured to be implanted in a patient and a first resonating circuit in the first casing, wherein the first resonating circuit comprises a first coil configured to wirelessly transmit a first target signal in response to a wirelessly transmitted first excitation signal;
- preloading the first marker into a first cannula of a first introducer;
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- sealing the first introducer with the first marker in the first cannula in a compartment of a package.
In localization systems for determining the location of a target site in a patient, a method for manufacturing and handling a packaged system for implanting a marker in the patient, comprising:
- providing a first marker having a first casing configured to be implanted in a patient and a first resonating circuit in the first casing, wherein the first resonating circuit comprises a first coil configured to wirelessly transmit a first target signal in response to a wirelessly transmitted first excitation signal;
- preloading the first marker into a first cannula of a first introducer;
- sealing the first introducer with the first marker in the first cannula in a compartment of a package;
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- transporting the first introducer with the first marker in the first cannula in the compartment of the package to a customer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.