Patent ID: 11872093
Assignee: NODUGLOH LLC
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of marking a lesion or nodule within a lung of a mammal for subsequent surgical resection comprising the following steps in order:
a. soaking a fiducial coil with a solution comprising a fluorescent dye such that the dye penetrates the coil to generate a dye-impregnated fiducial coil; and
b. placing the dye-impregnated fiducial coil onto or inside the lesion or nodule identified for subsequent surgical resection within the lung of the mammal,
wherein, following placement of the dye-impregnated fiducial coil onto or inside the lesion or nodule, the dye-impregnated fiducial coil is identifiable using an imaging technique.