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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Seth A. Foerster, San Clemente, CA (US);
Fred H. Burbank, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Mark A. Ritchart, Murrieta, CA (US);
Elias A. Zerhouni, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Seth A. Foerster, San Clemente, CA (US);
Fred H. Burbank, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Mark A. Ritchart, Murrieta, CA (US);
Elias A. Zerhouni, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Devicor Medical Products, Inc., Pleasant Prairie, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In order to later identify the location of a biopsy or surgery, various means and methods for permanently and non-surgically marking selected tissue in the human body are used. Later visualization of the markers is readily accomplished using state-of-the-art imaging systems.