Abstract: 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 spiral being spaced apart from each other in a direction along the longitudinal axis. A plurality of markers can be disposed on the body, the markers being visualizable by a radiographic imaging device. The turns of the spiral are sufficiently spaced apart to form gaps that allow soft tissue to infiltrate between the turns and to allow flexibility in the device along the longitudinal axis in the manner of a spring.

Abstract: A system for delivering targeted marketing information to a customer in a variable format customer document, which includes storing customer information on a mainframe computer with the customer information being updateable from multiple sources. The customer information is then transmitted to a consolidating device to reconfigure the customer information into a customer document output database. Customer buying preferences are then determined based on the reconfigured stored customer information and variable format customer documents based on customer preferences from the customer document output database are created which include targeted marketing information based on the determined customer buying preferences.