US 12,109,076 B2
Biopsy marker with anchoring capabilities
Frederick Ahari, Belleair Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to Med-Genesis, LLC, Clearwater, FL (US)
Filed by MED-Genesis, LLC, Clearwater, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/243,154.
Application 18/243,154 is a continuation of application No. 17/076,096, filed on Oct. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,759,285.
Application 17/076,096 is a continuation of application No. 16/877,720, filed on May 19, 2020, granted, now 10,842,591.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/963,707, filed on Jan. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0414312 A1, Dec. 28, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 2010/0208 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biopsy marker, comprising:
a bioabsorbable component;
a non-bioabsorbable component, the non-bioabsorbable component including:
a body section having a predefined non-linear shape, wherein the body section resides at least partially within the bioabsorbable component;
a first beam extending from the body section to a first spring component;
the first spring component residing between a first anchoring arm and the first beam;
an insertion orientation and an anchoring orientation, the insertion orientation including the biopsy marker having a lateral span that is different than the lateral span of the biopsy marker when in the anchoring orientation;
the insertion orientation including the first anchoring arm subject to an external force to overcome a spring force from the first spring component; and
the anchoring orientation including the first anchoring arm being free of the external force and the first spring component causing the first anchoring arm to move into a different orientation thereby changing the lateral span of the biopsy marker.