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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2012
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 having a distal end and at least one anchor. An actuator is in operable communication with the cannula and is configured for operation between a charged condition and a discharged condition to retract the cannula toward a retracted position to expose the distal end and the at least one anchor of the localization wire to the tissue mass, without inducing movement of the localization wire, and with the cannula being removable from the localization wire in its entirety.