US 12,433,714 B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for localizing markers or tissue structures within a body
Eduardo Chi Sing, Dana Point, CA (US); Tommy G. Nguyen, Irvine, CA (US); and Luis Urquidi, Oceanside, CA (US)
Assigned to Cianna Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed by Cianna Medical, Inc., Aliso Viejo, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/456,134.
Application 17/456,134 is a continuation of application No. 15/206,730, filed on Jul. 11, 2016, granted, now 11,179,220.
Application 15/206,730 is a continuation of application No. 13/053,197, filed on Mar. 21, 2011, granted, now 9,386,942, issued on Jul. 12, 2016.
Application 13/053,197 is a continuation in part of application No. 12/824,139, filed on Jun. 25, 2010, granted, now 8,892,185, issued on Nov. 18, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/297,694, filed on Jan. 22, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/255,469, filed on Oct. 27, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/220,900, filed on Jun. 26, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0151726 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0507 (2021.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 10/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 5/0507 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/4312 (2013.01); A61B 8/0825 (2013.01); A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/481 (2013.01); A61B 10/0041 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00438 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00442 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/397 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3975 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02)] 20 Claims
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1. A delivery device for implanting markers, the delivery device comprising:
a shaft including a proximal end and a distal end sized for introduction through tissue within a patient's body into a target tissue region, the shaft comprising a lumen to carry one or more markers implantable within or around the target tissue region, and
a pusher member disposed within the lumen of the shaft adjacent the one or more markers, wherein the shaft with the lumen is retractable relative to the pusher member for deploying an entire marker from the lumen, such that retraction of the shaft with the lumen until the distal end of the shaft is adjacent a distal end of the pusher member, while the pusher member remains substantially stationary exposes and implants the one or more markers leaving the entire marker within the target tissue region when the delivery device is withdrawn.