Patent ID: 11957860
Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A medical device, comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a lumen disposed through the shaft;
an opening at the distal end of the shaft in communication with the lumen;
a fiducial disposed within the lumen, a distal portion of the fiducial is extendable out of the lumen via the opening while a proximal portion of the fiducial that remains connected to the distal portion is disposed inside the lumen; and
a separating mechanism positioned at the distal end of the shaft and adjacent to the opening, the separating mechanism configured to apply a force to the fiducial to separate an intermediate connection between the distal portion of the fiducial and the proximal portion of the fiducial when the distal portion is positioned outside the lumen via the opening, wherein the distal portion is separated from the proximal portion at the intermediate connection that receives the force from the separating mechanism.