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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2016
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Aaron Kurtiss Kirkemo, Gladstone, NJ (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A device for improving the efficiency and safety of medical imaging in a medical procedure is disclosed. The device may have a shaft extending along a shaft axis. The shaft may have at least two markers spaced along the shaft axis and a blade extending along the shaft axis. The device may have a needle guide extending away from the shaft along a needle guide axis transverse with the shaft axis. The needle guide may have at least one guide structure offset from the shaft axis along the needle guide axis. Each guide structure may be adapted to receive a needle in a direction parallel to the shaft axis. Related methods and systems are disclosed.