Surgery – Instruments – Stereotaxic device
Patent
1994-06-24
1997-07-01
DeMille, Danton D.
Surgery
Instruments
Stereotaxic device
606 96, 606 98, 606167, 606172, 604116, A61B 1900, A61B 1756
Patent
active
056432860
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is directed to microdrive apparatus useful in human stereotactic surgery. Such apparatus permits safe and accurate placement of a surgical instrument, such as a cannula, into a portion of the central nervous system, e.g. the brain and spinal cord, of a patient by simple mechanical operation.
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Goddard Moses
Mills John
Warner Nicholas
Cytotherapeutics, Inc.
DeMille Danton D.
Elrifi Ivor
Jacobs Bruce F.
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