ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,939, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MarginView LLC (Denver).
"Method of marking a specimen" was invented by David Opperman (Littleton, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes an endoscopic clip placement tool and one or more marking clips attached to a specimen mass by the clip placement tool to mark a margin and orientation of the specimen mass. A specimen marking clip is also provided that is adapted to selectively attach to tissue inside of a patient and corresponding tissue that has been excised from the patient for analysis. Sutures may be associated w...