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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2003
Richard M. Chesbrough, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Field, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan L. Goosen, Coopersville, MI (US);
Andrew R. Squires, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ronald B. Peel, North Muskegon, MI (US);
Richard M. Chesbrough, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Steven E. Field, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ryan L. Goosen, Coopersville, MI (US);
Andrew R. Squires, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Ronald B. Peel, North Muskegon, MI (US);
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for percutaneously implanting a localization wire into a tissue mass comprises a cannula with a preloaded localization wire. An actuator is provided to effect the relative movement of the cannula and localization wire such that a distal end of the localization wire is exposed to the tissue mass. A method for implanting a localization wire includes inserting a cannula with a preloaded localization wire into a tissue mass and relatively moving the cannula and localization wire to expose a portion of the localization wire to the tissue mass.