Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Implantable markers, and systems and methods for using them
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Application No.: US15446944Application Date: 2017-03-01
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Publication No.: US11426256B2Publication Date: 2022-08-30
- Inventor: John E. Greene , Nikolai Rulkov
- Applicant: CIANNA MEDICAL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Assignee: CIANNA MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee: CIANNA MEDICAL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Aliso Viejo
- Agency: Dorsey & Whitney LLP
- Main IPC: A61B90/00
- IPC: A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B90/30

Abstract:
Markers, probes, and related systems and methods are provided for localizing locations within a patient's body, e.g., a lesion within a breast. The marker includes an energy converter e.g., one or more photodiodes, for transforming light energy striking the marker into electrical energy, a storage device coupled to the energy converter for storing the electrical energy, a threshold element that closes a switch when the electrical energy reaches a predetermined threshold to discharge the electrical energy and cause the antenna to transmit a radio frequency (RF) signal. The system includes a probe that transmits light into the patient's body and a processor that correlate the frequency of the RF signals to a distance from the probe to the marker.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170252124A1 IMPLANTABLE MARKERS, AND SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USING THEM Public/Granted day:2017-09-07
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