Patent ID: 8784433
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: A61B,A61M

Abstract:
1. An intracorporeal marker delivery device, comprising: a delivery tube which has a distal tip, a discharge orifice and an inner bore extending to the discharge orifice; at least one marker which is slidably disposed within the inner bore; and a plug releasably secured within the inner bore distal to the at least one marker, the plug having a pair of diametrically opposed cantilever arms that defines an internal gap adjacent an end portion of the plug configured to reduce a lateral dimension of the plug when the plug is inserted into the inner bore, wherein the end portion of the plug is a proximally diverging plug portion, and the gap extends from a proximal end of the plug into the proximally diverging plug portion, the proximally diverging plug portion being configured to resiliently engage the delivery tube within the inner bore, and wherein the gap extends from the proximal end of the plug to a terminal expanded opening within the plug.