Apparatus for use in conjunction with an intraosseous device comprises a skin engageable plate formed with an aperture adjoining a skin site to be penetrated by an intraosseous device and with a pointer which is unmistakenly indicative of a location of a prominent or protruding anatomical feature and which is sized such that a distance from a terminal end of the pointer to the site-adjoining aperture corresponds to patient-specific dimensions from the anatomical feature to the penetration site; and an annular guide channel surrounding the site-adjoining aperture and protruding proximally from the skin engageable plate, for stabilizing a stylet which is introducible through the aperture to penetrate an adjoining anatomical structure along a confirmed path of penetration coinciding with the penetration site into a selected bone while producing a substantially uniform bore at the penetration site as it is advancing along the path of penetration.

Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for localization of a tag in a tissue of a patient. For example, provided herein are systems, devices, and methods employing a detection component that is attached to or integrated with a surgical device, where the detection component detects a signal from a tag in a patient, where the tag is activated by remote introduction of a magnetic field.

Provided herein are systems, devices, assemblies, and methods for localization of a tag in a tissue of a patient. For example, provided herein are systems, devices, and methods employing a detection component that is attached to or integrated with a surgical device, where the detection component detects a signal from a tag in a patient, where the tag is activated by remote introduction of a magnetic field.

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 end. In this regard, a portion of the braided suture threads in which the marker is encapsulated may be visually demarcated with a contrasting color. As well, the marker may define a cavity which may in turn, contain a radioactive material. As another option, a single one of the multiplicity of suture threads may extend through one end of the cavity to another end of the cavity so that the single one of the multiplicity of threads is braided with others of the multiplicity of suture threads.