Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Clinvue LLC

Anant Subramaniam

Timothy Paul Harrah

Brandon Wesley Craft

Sebastian Koerner

Paul James Fearis

Elizabeth Anne Stokley

Jerry Timothy Long, Jr

Elizabeth A Stokley

Chelsey Nicole Pon

Jerry Timothy Long

A guidance device is disclosed. The device may comprise a tracking pad with a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors operable with at least one beacon on a needle to track the disposition of the needle at least when a distal end of the needle is inserted into the guiding opening. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Surgical guidance devices, systems, and methods

A guidance method comprising: placing a tracking pad adjacent a body, the tracking pad including a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors, locating a distal end of a needle inside of the guiding opening at an insertion point adjacent the body, the needle including at least one beacon, operating the plurality of sensors with the at least one beacon to track an actual disposition of the needle, establishing a target disposition for the needle, moving the needle in a direction of movement to synchronize the actual disposition with the target disposition, and inserting the distal end of the needle into the body along an insertion axis.

An umbilical catheterization device that allows a physician to prepare an umbilical cord and apply appropriate retraction to widen vessels to introduce a catheter. The device comprises a base and a plurality of arms. The arms may include retraction devices or may be compatible with independent retraction devices, including but not limited to sutures. The retraction devices are attached to the umbilical cord, and used to provide retraction.

Umbilical catheterization device

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Owings Mills, MD, United States of America

Anant Subramaniam