Target apparatus for linearly inserting an instrument into a hum

Details Target apparatus for linearly inserting an instrument into a hum Target apparatus for linearly inserting an instrument into a hum

1996-01-19

1998-01-13

Rimell, Sam

Surgery

Means for introducing or removing material from body for...

Treating material introduced into or removed from body...

378206, A61M 500

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057073600

ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a target apparatus for linearly inserting an instrument into a human body comprising a computer tomograph for determining the piercing spot and marking it, the improvement comprising: a slide which is adjustably guided above the gantry of the computer tomograph along a horizontal guide means, preferably along a transversal plane, which slide can be arrested in any position along the guide means, a laser device for producing a target mark in space, a supporting means for mounting the laser device to the slide for being pivoted about a horizontal axis such that the beam of the laser device is pivoted in a vertical plane and further comprising an angular scale attached to the slide for indicating the pivoting angle of the laser device.

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