Patent ID: 8064987

Claim:
A tissue marker, comprising: a body including a first surface and a second surface, the first surface and the second surface being oppositely facing, and the body having a plurality of coupling sites; a plurality of elongate members, each elongate member of the plurality of elongate members extending from a respective coupling site of the plurality of coupling sites to project outwardly from a respective surface of the first and second surfaces, one or more of the elongate members configured to be positioned with respect to the body in a delivery configuration and a deployed configuration different from the delivery configuration, at least one of the body and one or more of the elongate members including a remotely visible material, wherein the coupling sites comprise openings in the first surface aligned with openings in the second surface wherein the elongate members are disposed in the openings, and wherein each of the elongate members have a first end extending from the first surface and a second end extending from the second surface, at least one of the first and second ends of one or more elongate members including an attachment member; and a joint member disposed in the openings, the elongate members coupled to the joint members.