US Patent Issued to Surgical Radiation Products on Dec. 23 for "Braided fiducial metallic marker system" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,245, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Surgical Radiation Products LLC (Lake Worth, Fla.).

"Braided fiducial metallic marker system" was invented by Lori A. Anthony (North Palm Beach, Fla.) and John D. Corbitt Jr. (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A braided suture fiducial metallic marker system includes a braided suture fiducial metallic marker system includes a metallic marker, a multiplicity of suture threads (absorbable or non-absorbable), braided with one another and encapsulating the marker, and a needle disposed at a distal end of the multiplicity of threads and a needle disposed at an opposite distal e...