Surgery – Truss – Pad
Patent
1992-10-23
1994-02-15
Cohen, Lee S.
Surgery
Truss
Pad
378164, 33512, A61B 612
Patent
active
052857859
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for assisting in the location and surgical removal of foreign bodies embedded in the human or animal body. A calibrated grid-forming screen, of a material opaque to X-radiation, is located over the injury site, with accurate reference to a targeting mark naturally or artificially formed near the site. An X-ray image is formed, showing the body part, the foreign object, and a calibrated grid overlay image. Two such images, taken from different angles, typically 90.degree., enable the precise location of the object to be determined in three dimensions by triangulation. With the location of the foreign body in three dimensions, the surgeon is then able to exactly locate the site for incision and to know in advance the depth to which to extend the incision, and to exactly reach the foreign body. The grid-forming screen may be of thin sheet stainless steel, tin-lead, or lead-plated copper, formed with integral, narrow linear elements extending longitudinally and transversely and intersecting to form a calibrated grid of uniform open squares. The screen also has a central open area, formed with a targeting element to facilitate accurate positioning of the screen in relation to the targeting mark, this being the point of entry of the foreign body or an artificially selected point of entry, marked by pen, to be a guide to locating the foreign body. Extraordinary savings in time and effort by the surgeon are possible using the invention, with corresponding benefits to the patient.
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Cohen Lee S.
Pfaffle K. M.
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