Surgical site marking assembly and method of using same

• US 20070055290A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Op-Marks Medical, LLC
• Original Assignee: Op-Marks Medical, LLC
• Inventors: Lober, Stephen
• Application Number:
  US11/395,459
• Publication Number:
  US 20070055290A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 606/130
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2090/395 with marking agent for marking skin or other tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/39 Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/94 coded with symbols, e.g. text

Abstract

A surgical site marking assembly, comprising a print member having a top surface and a male protrusion formed thereon, the male protrusion having a distal end forming a print face sized and shaped to define a mirror image of a desired image to be transfer printed onto a surgical patient in a manner indicative of a surgical site location.

Claims

1. A surgical site marking assembly, comprising:

a ruptureable package defining a cavity therein; and

a surgical site marking pen comprising;

an elongate housing comprising a hollow interior portion, a first end, and a second end, wherein the second end has an opening;

a marking agent reservoir disposed substantially within the hollow interior portion;

a nib positioned substantially within the opening such that a portion of the nib is in fluid communication with the hollow interior portion of the housing;

wherein the surgical site marking pen is sealed therein the cavity.

2. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the first end of the elongate housing is closed.

3. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the elongate housing comprises a cylindrical shape.

4. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the nib is in fluid communication with the marking agent reservoir.

5. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 4, wherein the marking agent reservoir defines an opening for delivering a marking agent to the nib.

6. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein a portion of the nib comprises the marking agent reservoir.

7. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the marking agent reservoir comprises a sealed frangible tube, whereby bending or squeezing of one or more exterior sidewalls of the elongate housing fractures at least a portion of the marking agent reservoir, thereby releasing a marking agent from the marking agent reservoir into the hollow interior portion of the elongate housing.

8. The surgical site marking assembly of claims 1 or 7, wherein the marking agent reservoir comprises an amount of marking agent sufficient only for a single use of the surgical marking pen.

9. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 8, wherein the marking agent reservoir comprises a marking agent that is approved for topical use on a patient'"'"'s skin by the United States Food and Drug Administration.

10. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 9, wherein the sealed package further comprises means for indicating to a prospective user whether the surgical site marking pen has previously been used.

11. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the sealed package comprises a blister pack.

12. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 11, wherein the blister pack comprises a plurality of blisters.

13. The surgical site marking assembly of claim 1, wherein the sealed package comprises a polyethylene bag.