Title:
FIBROUS MARKER AND INTRACORPOREAL DELIVERY THEREOF
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2004105626
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
The invention is directed to an intracorporeal marker, a delivery device and assembly for such marker and the method of delivering one or more of the markers to an intracorporeal location within a patient. The marker is a body formed at least in part of a bioabsorbable fibrous material such as a fibrous mat or fabric. The delivery devices preferably also include one or more bioabsorbable short term markers which are configured to expand within the body cavity due to contacting a body fluid. The fibrous marker has a radiographically detectable member which preferably hold a portion of the fibrous body in a compressed condition. Preferably, the fibrous marker has a fibrous felt core formed of bioabsorbable material with a fabric jacket formed of bioabsorbable material. Therapeutic, diagnostic and binding agents may be incorporated into the fibrous body of the marker.
Inventors:
JONES MICHAEL L
LUBOCK PAUL
MALCHOW LLOYD H
LUBOCK PAUL
MALCHOW LLOYD H
Application Number:
PCT/US2004/014968
Publication Date:
May 12, 2005
Filing Date:
May 13, 2004
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SENORX INC (US)
International Classes:
A61B17/00; A61B19/00; (IPC1-7): A61B19/00; A61B17/00; A61M37/00; A61N5/10
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2001008578A1 | 2001-02-08 | |||
| WO2001000101A1 | 2001-01-04 | |||
| WO2002041786A2 | 2002-05-30 | |||
| WO2003105940A2 | 2003-12-24 |
Foreign References:
| US6450937B1 | 2002-09-17 | |||
| US20030051735A1 | 2003-03-20 | |||
| US5948425A | 1999-09-07 | |||
| US20020049411A1 | 2002-04-25 |
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