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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
May. 08, 2015
Applicants:
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Kazufumi Onuma, Kawasaki-shi, JP;
Sang-eun Song, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Inventors:
Kazufumi Onuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Sang-Eun Song, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Assignees:
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 10/0233 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/3407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3409 (2013.01); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02);
Abstract
A positioning apparatus includes a needle guide, a rotation unit, a detector for the rotation position, a position measuring unit, an engageable stopper, and a setting unit for setting position information to a value corresponding to a predetermined position are provided herewith. The positioning apparatus can be used, for example, to position a needle placement manipulator.