Apparatus for applying a biopsy site marker

摘要

Disclosed is a combination of an applicator tube having an internal lumen, an open end and a closed end and an opening in proximity of the closed end; a rod dimensioned to fit into and be slidable in the internal lumen, and a plurality of biopsy site markers which are formed of dehydrated hydratable material in the internal lumen of the applicator tube from where they can be pushed out with the rod through the opening into a biopsy site and which at least one thereof has an X-ray detectable body with an identifiable non-biological shape embedded therein.