BURBANK, FRED H.,LUBOCK, PAUL,QUICK, RICHARD L.,LOUW, FRANK,DE SANTIS, STEPHEN A.,JONES, MICHAEL L.
申请号:
CA2659484
公开号:
CA2659484C
申请日:
2001.11.16
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要:
An intracorporeal site marker for marking a selected site within tissue of apatients body, comprising an ultrasound detectable body including boundarieshaving a high contrast in acoustical impedance when the marker is placed intissue of the selected site, so as to efficiently reflect ultrasound duringultrasoundimaging and a body shape recognizable as artificial when the marker issubjectto ultrasound or X-ray imaging, so as to be readily distinguishable frombiologicalfeatures within the tissue site, wherein the marker includes a biocompatiblepelletshaped encapsulating element enclosing at least a portion of the body.