Children's Hospital Medical Center

Neil David Johnson

Michael Miller

Alan W Brown

Yuli Kitaevich

Ronald Gene Pratt

A system for guiding a medical intervention is disclosed. The system employs a device guide that operates on the surface of a sphere that is centered on a selected target.

System and method for guiding an invasive device

A portable laser guided alignment apparatus includes a laser line beam source and a laser fan beam source, with the line beam being in the same plane as the fan beam. The apparatus further includes mechanisms for adjusting the angle of the fan beam relative to a vertical reference plane and for adjusting the angle of the line beam within the plane of the fan beam. Additionally, measurement devices are included to measure the angle of the fan beam relative to the vertical reference plane, and to measure the angle of the line beam relative to a vertical reference line within the fan beam plane. The apparatus provides precise alignment for biopsy tools and other instruments used in standard biopsies, discolysis, stereotaxis, and other medical procedures wherein highly accurate positioning and insertion of instruments into a patient are required.

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Cincinnati, OH, United States of America

Neil David Johnson