US Patent Issued to Videra Surgical on Aug. 12 for "Fiducial marker for oncological and other procedures" (California, Connecticut, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,762, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Videra Surgical Inc. (San Francisco).

"Fiducial marker for oncological and other procedures" was invented by Alex Vayser (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Sunny Mitchell (Westport, Conn.), Henry Jay Lee (Chappaqua, N.Y.) and Joseph Guido (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for marking a target with a radiopaque marker is disclosed. The method may include providing a radiopaque filament and inserting at least portion of the radiopaque filament into tissue. The filament may extend continuously and at last partially around a perimeter of the target so that the filament is d...