Tissue marking apparatus having drug-eluting tissue marker

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8486028
APP PUB NO 20120022370A1
SERIAL NO

13250121

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A tissue marking apparatus includes a marker introducer that has a cannula and a stylet. The cannula has a lumen and a marker exit port. The stylet is slidably received in the lumen. The stylet has a distal end. A tissue marker is configured to be received in the lumen distal to the distal end of the stylet. The tissue marker is a drug-eluting tissue marker for marking a site in a tissue mass, and has a drug-eluting portion having a drug for release to the site and a material that can be imaged using an imaging technique.

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  • BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.

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Field, Steven E Grand Rapids, US 40 1682

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