Patent ID: 9669113
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61K

Claim:
1. A delivery device for delivering a marking device to a target site, said delivery device comprising: an elongate member having a distal portion and a proximal portion with a lumen extending between the distal and proximal portions, said distal portion of said elongate member configured to seat the marking device and advance the marking device within said distal portion to the target site; an ejector coupled to said elongate member, said ejector configured to disengage the marking device from said distal portion; a marking device preloaded in said elongate member distal portion, for delivery through the lumen; wherein said marking device comprises a first component and a second component, the first component is a wound arrangement of bioabsorbable suture material and the second component is a unitary piece of metal forming a marker, wherein the second component is carried and supported by the wound arrangement of the first component, and wherein the wound arrangement of the first component includes multiple passes of the suture material through the second component to form a plurality of loops, each loop having a first end that extends from a first side of the second component and a second end that extends from a second side of the second component opposite the first side, wherein the plurality of loops comprises at least 10 loops forming a loosely would ball shape and wherein the marker is positioned at a geometric center of the ball shape.