Patent ID: 9042964
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Abstract:
1. A fiducial deployment system comprising: a needle including a tubular cannula body defining a needle lumen disposed through at least a lengthwise portion of the cannula body and a distal needle end region, the distal end region comprising a distal needle end opening at a distal end of the needle lumen; and at least one generally longitudinal needle slot extending radially through at least a thickness portion of the cannula body and open to the needle lumen, where at least one detent structure extends across and within the needle slot near the distal needle end opening; a plurality of fiducials disposed in the lumen, each comprising a generally columnar body including a stylet extending through a portion of the needle lumen and configured to advance each of the plurality of fiducials past the at least one detent and out of the distal needle end opening in a controlled, one at a time, serial manner.