Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Detecting nuclear – electromagnetic – or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-12
2011-07-12
Casler, Brian (Department: 3737)
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Detecting nuclear, electromagnetic, or ultrasonic radiation
Reexamination Certificate
active
07976469
ABSTRACT:
An indicator element of a percutaneous needle guide for a medical scanning device includes a pointer for pointing to a percutaneous needle entry site on an epidermis of a body, when the guide is attached to the device and the device is positioned over the epidermis for scanning. A user may orient and insert a needle into the entry site according to the direction of the pointer, by just viewing the pointer, without the needle being constrained by the pointer. The guide may include an adjustment mechanism for moving the indicator element with respect to the device, when the guide is attached to the device; the adjustment mechanism moves the indicator element, without changing an orientation of the pointer, in a direction approximately parallel to a plane that is approximately tangent with an apex of the device transducer surface and approximately perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the device.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4576175 (1986-03-01), Epstein
patent: 4635644 (1987-01-01), Yagata
patent: 4898178 (1990-02-01), Wedel
patent: 4899756 (1990-02-01), Sonek
patent: 5235987 (1993-08-01), Wolfe
patent: 5758650 (1998-06-01), Miller et al.
patent: 5941889 (1999-08-01), Cermak
patent: 6296614 (2001-10-01), Pruter
patent: 6361499 (2002-03-01), Bates et al.
patent: 6379307 (2002-04-01), Fily et al.
patent: 6743177 (2004-06-01), Ito
patent: 6860875 (2005-03-01), Hsue et al.
patent: 6875179 (2005-04-01), Ferguson et al.
patent: 6971393 (2005-12-01), Mamo et al.
patent: 7022082 (2006-04-01), Sonek
patent: 7087024 (2006-08-01), Pruter
patent: 2002/0123689 (2002-09-01), Furia
patent: 2002/0133079 (2002-09-01), Sandhu
patent: 2005/0267373 (2005-12-01), Lee
patent: 1707134 (2006-10-01), None
patent: 198403034 (1984-08-01), None
patent: 2006086882 (2006-08-01), None
WIPO, International Search Report dated Oct. 29, 2008 of co-pending PCT/US2008/064618 (WO 2008/150733; published Dec. 11, 2008), pp. 37-39.
Bonde Eric H.
Cristadoro Kevin M.
Tropsha Yelena G.
Casler Brian
Cwern Jonathan G
Fredrikson & Byron , P.A.
Medtronic Inc.
LandOfFree
Percutaneous needle guide does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Percutaneous needle guide, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Percutaneous needle guide will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2701335