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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 24, 2019
Filed:
May. 17, 2016
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Masakatsu Kawaura, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nao Mandai, Mountain View, CA (US);
Nobuo Takahashi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Thomas J. Fogarty, Portola Valley, CA (US);
David Willis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Thomas Howell, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter Carlotto, San Jose, CA (US);
Shuji Uemura, San Francisco, CA (US);
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Shibuya-Ku, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A puncture apparatus is disclosed, which can include an insertion portion that is insertable into a living body, the insertion portion including an urethral insertion portion and a vaginal insertion portion, the urethral insertion portion and the vaginal insertion portion each having at least two sensors; a puncture needle that punctures living body tissues near the insertion portion in a state in which the insertion portion is inserted into the living body, the puncture needle having at least one sensor on a distal portion of the puncture needle; and a monitor configured to receive information relating to a positional relationship between a distal portion of the puncture needle and the insertion portion.