Patent ID: 6197034
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
A medical marking device comprising a housing, said housing having a hollow interior and said housing having two ends, one end being closed and the opposite end having an extended member located thereon;said extended member having a channel located therein, said extended member having attached to the end distal of the housing, a hollow tube, said hollow tube being coaxially aligned with the channel and said hollow tube having an interior wall, said hollow tube having an end distal to the extended member, said channel providing a communicative opening from the interior of the housing to the hollow tube;said housing containing therein a weight, said weight having a bottom; said weight having securely attached to the bottom, a post, said post extending through the communicative opening and extending to the distal end of the hollow tube, said post having a slidable fit to the interior wall of the hollow tube, said weight being freely movable in a vertical motion within the housing.