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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.:

US 9237937 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2015

Cavity-filling biopsy site markers

Applicant:

Senorx, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Fred H. Burbank, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);

Paul Lubock, Monarch Beach, CA (US);

Michael L. Jones, San Clemente, CA (US);

Assignee:

SenoRX, Inc., Tempe, AZ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Joseph M Pelham

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/00 (2006.01); A61K 49/22 (2006.01); A61M 37/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61K 49/006 (2013.01); A61K 49/222 (2013.01); A61M 37/0069 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5408 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5425 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5487 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of marking a biopsy site within a patient's body includes providing a delivery tube having a plunger; carrying a quantity of an ultrasound-detectable bio-resorbable particulate material in the delivery tube distal to the plunger, the ultrasound-detectable bio-resorbable particulate material having a particle size between about 200 microns and about 500 microns and having internal bubble cavities having a size of at least 50 microns; and depressing the plunger for depositing the quantity of the ultrasound-detectable bio-resorbable particulate material at the biopsy site.

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