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Marker delivery device with releasable plug

  • US 9,044,162 B2
  • Filed: 01/25/2013
  • Issued: 06/02/2015
  • 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:

  • 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;

    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

    a radiographically detectable element positioned to surround an exterior portion of a respective fibrous marker body of the at least one elongated fibrous marker body.

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