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Tissue Marking For Lesion Removal

  • US 20170042633A1
  • Filed: 08/09/2016
  • Published: 02/16/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2010
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of marking a cancerous lesion in a breast to provide a medical professional visual and tactile guidance to the cancerous lesion, the method comprising:

  • imaging the breast with mammography to identify a location of the cancerous lesion;

    inserting a needle into the breast, a tip of the needle at the location of the cancerous lesion;

    injecting liquid poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) cooled below a temperature of the breast through the needle into the breast;

    removing the needle;

    ceasing mammography; and

    surgically removing the cancerous lesion from the breast by using the hardened poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) as a reference point.

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