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

Claim 0:
1. A medical device, comprising:
a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a lumen disposed through the shaft;
an opening disposed at the distal end of the shaft in communication with the lumen;
a fiducial disposed within the lumen, the fiducial including a distal portion and a proximal portion connected to the distal portion, such that the distal portion remains connected to the proximal portion when the distal portion extends out of the opening while the proximal portion is disposed inside the lumen; and
a separating mechanism at the distal end of the shaft, the separating mechanism configured to separate the distal portion of the fiducial from the proximal portion of the fiducial after the distal portion is positioned outside of the lumen, by generating a separating force that is applied to a region of the fiducial disposed inside the lumen, wherein the distal portion is separated from the proximal portion at the region of the fiducial that receives the separating force from the separating mechanism.