US 12,465,453 B2
Marker inserter
Gregory R. McArthur, Sandy, UT (US); and Michael Dean Haslam, Sandy, UT (US)
Assigned to Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed by Merit Medical Systems, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US)
Filed on May 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/320,686.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/365,106, filed on May 20, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0372052 A1, Nov. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 2017/00367 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3983 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for implanting a marker, the system comprising:
a marker insertion device comprising:
a housing coupled to a stylet; and
a trigger coupled to a cannula, the trigger operatively coupled to the housing such that a portion of the stylet is disposed within the cannula,
wherein the housing comprises a retaining portion configured to retain the trigger in a first position relative to the housing;
wherein the trigger is configured to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the marker insertion device to transition from the first position to a second position;
wherein the trigger is configured to move proximally from the second position to a third position to retract the cannula and deploy the marker; and
wherein the trigger further comprises an actuator portion, wherein a lateral movement of the actuator portion of the trigger relative to the housing is configured to rotate the trigger about the longitudinal axis of the marker insertion device.