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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Cedars-sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Inventors:
Pablo Avalos, West Hollywood, CA (US);
Doniel Drazin, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Clive Svendsen, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/20 (2013.01); A61B 17/0206 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0262 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3405 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01); A61B 2090/062 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/378 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3762 (2016.02); A61B 2090/571 (2016.02); A61B 2218/005 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0233 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention teaches minimally invasive apparatuses and methods for stabilizing and/or guiding medical instruments used in a variety of medical procedures, including (a) introducing one or more substances into a subject's body, (b) removing one or more substances from a subject's body, (c) manipulating a region of a subject's body, or (d) combinations thereof. Among the many advantages of the inventive apparatuses are their simplicity and adaptability to attach to a variety of retractors.