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Marker delivery device with releasable plug

  • US 8,361,082 B2
  • Filed: 03/01/2011
  • Issued: 01/29/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/02/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A marker delivery device for an intracorporeal tissue site, comprising:

  • a) an elongated delivery cannula which has a distal end section, an inner lumen and a discharge opening in the distal end section in communication with the inner lumen;

    b) at least one elongated fibrous marker body slidably disposed within the inner lumen of the elongated delivery cannula, the at least one elongated fibrous marker body comprising a plurality of bioabsorbable polymeric strands, said strands being compressed to a compressed configuration and bound together in the compressed configuration with a polymer binding agent prior to insertion into the elongated delivery cannula; and

    c) a releasable plug disposed within a distal portion of the inner lumen and distal to the at least one elongated fibrous marker body so as to at least partially occlude the discharge opening in the distal end section.

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