ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,418, issued on July 15, was assigned to HOLOGIC INC. (Marlborough, Mass.).
"Surgical implant for marking soft tissue" was invented by George D. Hermann (Los Altos Hills, Calif.), David B. Willis (Mountain View, Calif.), Michael J. Drews (Palo Alto, Calif.), Gail S. Lebovic (Frisco, Texas) and James B. Stubbs (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An implantable tissue marker device is provided to be placed in a soft tissue site through a surgical incision. The device can include a bioabsorbable body in the form of a spiral and defining a spheroid shape for the device, the spiral having a longitudinal axis, and turns of the...