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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2014
Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael E. Johnson, West Chester, OH (US);
Timothy Zimmer, Centerville, OH (US);
Alberto Cambero Rangel, Empalme, MX;
Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A marker delivery device comprises a marker deployer cannula, a push rod, a biopsy site marker, and a ramped tip. The marker deployer cannula may have a marker exit in communication with an interior lumen of the cannula. The marker exit may comprise a distal end with a ramped surface. The biopsy site marker may be configured with a plurality of edges. The plurality of edges may be configured to engage at least a portion of the interior lumen of the cannula. The ramped tip may comprise a first ramped surface and a second ramped surface, the second ramped surface may align with the ramped surface of the distal end of the marker exit. The push rod may be used to push the biopsy site marker up the ramped tip and through the marker exit.