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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2005
Richard E. Davis, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan L. Goosen, Coopersville, MI (US);
Steven E. Field, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Richard M. Chesbrough, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Richard E. Davis, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan L. Goosen, Coopersville, MI (US);
Steven E. Field, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Richard M. Chesbrough, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
A subcutaneous marking apparatus for placement of an imaging marker at a predetermined site in a tissue mass comprises a handle having a front portion and a rear portion, a cannula, a stylet slidably received within the cannula, a trigger extending from the front portion of the handle and operably engaging the stylet, and an imaging marker disposed within a marker recess in a distal end of the cannula. A user can firmly grasp the marking apparatus in one hand and simultaneously actuate the trigger with a finger or a thumb of the same hand to move the stylet and thereby place the imaging marker at the predetermined site.