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Localization element with energized tip

  • US 7,468,042 B2
  • Filed: 04/27/2004
  • Issued: 12/23/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A tissue-localizing device comprising:

  • a sleeve having a lumen;

    an insulating layer at least partially covering an outer surface of said sleeve; and

    a locator element at least partially disposed in the lumen of said sleeve in a slidable manner, said locator clement having a distal portion and a distal end, said locator element further having a plurality of electrically conductive surface regions electrically isolated from one another, said locator element further adapted to penetrate tissue so that the distal portion of the locator element forms at least a partial loop that defines a volume of tissue when said locator element is deployed in tissue.

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