Biopsy needle insertion guide and method of use in prostate cryo

Details Biopsy needle insertion guide and method of use in prostate cryo Biopsy needle insertion guide and method of use in prostate cryo

1993-07-16

1996-02-27

Hindenburg, Max

Surgery

Truss

Pad

128749, A61B 800

Patent

active

054940397

ABSTRACT:
A biopsy needle insertion guide and method of use with an ultrasound probe in medical procedures to accurately position biopsy needles in internal tissues. The insertion guide comprises a body which is removably mountable on an ultrasound probe and which comprises a clamp affixable about the probe and an elongated adjustment guide extending from the clamp in a direction perpendicular to the probe. A slide block engages the adjustment guide and is slidably adjustable therealong and a biopsy needle holder and guide assembly is carried by the slide block and is adjustably extendable from the slide block in a direction parallel to the probe. A method of use is described wherein the insertion guide is used to accurately place biopsy needles in a human prostate, the needles being then used to accurately place cryoprobes in the prostate for cryogenic surgery of the gland.

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