Biopsy Marker Deployment Device - Bard Peripheral Vascular
Summary
Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. has published patent application US20260108321A1 for a biopsy marker deployment device. The device comprises a deployment catheter with a cutting tip, a first lumen with a distal opening, a second lumen shaped to hold multiple markers, and two push rods that independently advance markers from the second lumen through the first lumen and out the distal opening. The application was filed on September 29, 2022, under application number 19115459. This published application makes the technical details of the invention publicly available for examination.
“A device for deploying markers includes a deployment catheter, a first push rod, and a second push rod.”
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USPTO classification A61M covers devices that introduce or withdraw fluids from the body: infusion pumps, catheters, syringes, inhalers, wound drainage, dialysis equipment, and fluid-handling microfluidics. Every newly published application in A61M lands in this feed, around 205 a month. Applications publish 18 months after filing. Watch this if you compete in infusion therapy or drug delivery, file freedom-to-operate analyses for medical device startups, scout acquisition targets in cardiovascular or respiratory devices, or track hospital R&D arms that are quietly patenting clinical innovations.
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Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. has filed a patent application (US20260108321A1) for a biopsy marker deployment device. The invention describes a deployment catheter with an elongate body and cutting tip, a first lumen with proximal and distal openings, and a second lumen sized to hold multiple markers. The second push rod independently advances each marker from the second lumen into the first lumen to a deployed position, and the first push rod then ejects the marker through the distal opening. This published application makes the technical details publicly available for prior art review and freedom-to-operate analysis.
Affected parties include competitors in the medical device sector developing biopsy marker deployment systems, who should review the claims for potential overlap with their own products. Manufacturers of similar catheter-based marker deployment devices should assess whether the dual-push-rod mechanism described in the application may affect their patent portfolio or development plans.
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BIOPSY DEVICES AND METHODS THEREOF FOR DEPLOYING MARKERS
Application US20260108321A1 Kind: A1 Apr 23, 2026
Assignee
BARD PERIPHERAL VASCULAR, INC.
Inventors
Matthew CARTWRIGHT, Summer L. FORD, Genevieve MESSINA, William E. PARMENTIER, Kyra TEMPLE, Peng ZHENG
Abstract
A device for deploying markers includes a deployment catheter, a first push rod, and a second push rod. The deployment catheter includes an elongate body and a cutting tip at a distal end of the elongate body. The deployment catheter defining a first lumen separate from a second lumen. The first lumen having a first proximal opening and a distal opening at the cutting tip. A deployment portion positioned therebetween. The second lumen having a deployment opening and a second proximal opening. The second lumen shaped and sized to hold a plurality of markers. The second push rod independently pushes each of the plurality of markers from the second lumen into the first lumen into a deployed position within the deployment portion. The first push rod pushes the one of the plurality of markers from the deployed position out of the distal opening at the cutting tip.
CPC Classifications
A61B 90/39 A61B 1/018 A61B 1/2676 A61B 10/0266 A61B 10/04 A61B 2090/0811 A61B 2090/3912 A61B 2090/3987 A61M 25/0082 A61M 2025/0681
Filing Date
2022-09-29
Application No.
19115459
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