US 11,944,509 B2
Surgical implant for marking soft tissue
George D. Hermann, Los Altos Hills, CA (US); David B. Willis, Mountain View, CA (US); Michael J. Drews, Palo Alto, CA (US); Gail S. Lebovic, Frisco, TX (US); and James B. Stubbs, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,996.
Application 17/953,996 is a continuation of application No. 16/661,663, filed on Oct. 23, 2019, granted, now 11,529,211.
Application 16/661,663 is a continuation of application No. 15/920,126, filed on Mar. 13, 2018, granted, now 10,500,014, issued on Dec. 10, 2019.
Application 15/920,126 is a continuation of application No. 13/456,435, filed on Apr. 26, 2012, abandoned.
Prior Publication US 2023/0093141 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61N 5/10 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/12 (2006.01); G01R 33/58 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61N 5/1015 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3954 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61F 2/12 (2013.01); A61F 2240/005 (2013.01); A61N 5/10 (2013.01); F04C 2270/041 (2013.01); G01R 33/58 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical implant for placement within a surgically created cavity, the surgical implant comprising:
a flexible, bioabsorbable mesh forming a three-dimensional support structure, wherein upon full deployment of the three-dimensional support structure within the surgically created cavity, the three-dimensional support structure forms a spheroid sized and shaped to fill the surgically created cavity and to delineate margins of the surgically created cavity; and
a plurality of radiopaque markers secured at various locations along a peripheral surface of the three-dimensional support structure.