Patent ID: 8639315

Claim:
A system for at least partially filling and marking a cavity at a site within a patient's breast from which tissue has been removed, comprising: a syringe having an elongated body, an inner bore, and a plunger slidably disposed within the inner bore; a delivery tube having a distal end with a discharge port and a delivery tube bore in fluid communication with the inner bore of the syringe and the discharge port; a quantity of marker forming fluid within the inner bore of the syringe configured to at least partially fill the cavity at the biopsy site and form therein a porous bioabsorbable body; and a radiopaque marker attached to an external surface of a portion of the delivery tube; the radiopaque marker configured to be delivered to the cavity from the distal end of the delivery tube comprising radiopaque metal and configured to remain within the porous bioabsorbable body within the cavity upon the formation thereof.