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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2019
Applicant:
Dfc Medical Llc, Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Christen Springs, Houston, TX (US);
James Robert Henderson, Lubbock, TX (US);
Assignee:
DFC Medical LLC, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00424 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3991 (2016.02);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are tissue marking devices and methods that enables marking a target tissue more than 24 hours prior to surgery. The tissue marking device includes a hook assembly having a compressed configuration and a deployed configuration and a handle assembly for positioning the hook assembly in a targeted tissue. The hook assembly may include a hook body comprising at least two hooks and a thread connected to the hook body. The handle assembly may include a handle body, a needle having a lumen, and a stylet having a lumen.