Patent ID: 9044162
Filing Date: 2015-06-02
Classification: A61B,A61K,A61M

Abstract:
1. A marker delivery device for an intracorporeal tissue site, comprising: an elongated delivery cannula which has a distal end section, an inner lumen and a discharge opening in the distal end section in communication with the inner lumen; at least one elongated fibrous marker body slidably disposed within the inner lumen of the elongated delivery cannula, the at least one elongated fibrous marker body comprising a plurality of bioabsorbable polymeric strands, said strands being compressed to a compressed configuration and bound together in the compressed configuration with a polymer binding agent prior to insertion into the elongated delivery cannula; and a radiographically detectable element positioned to surround an exterior portion of a respective fibrous marker body of the at least one elongated fibrous marker body.