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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2018
Applicant:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Inventors:
R. Michael Casanova, Tucson, AZ (US);
Dnyanesh A. Talpade, Kinnelon, NJ (US);
Chandrashekhar P. Pathak, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
C. R. Bard, Inc., Franklin Lakes, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 6/481 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3995 (2016.02);
Abstract
A marker includes a core and an outer region. The core has a first material with porous hydroxyapatite. The outer region completely covers the core, and has a second material with less porous hydroxyapatite, wherein ultrasonic or radiative imaging reveals a difference between the marker and tissue.