Patent ID: 7670350
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An improved clip for marking breast tissue of a biopsy site or the site of an aspirated cyst during a radiographic analysis, the clip extending along an axis between a first end and a second end and comprising a metal structure consisting essentially of: a first arc segment having a first end located at the first end of the clip and a second end located at the second end of the clip; a second arc segment having a first end located at the first end of the clip and a second end located at the second end of the clip, the second arc segment being coplanar with the first arc segment; and an apex disposed along the clip axis defining where the first and second arc segments adjoin and converge, wherein, after being driven through an exit opening of a delivery tube of a delivery device, the metal structure penetrates breast tissue, wherein the metal structure is configured so that