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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2019
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Barret Daniels, Cambridge, MA (US);
Jacob Schieffelin Brauer, Cambridge, MA (US);
Antonio Bonillas Vaca, Boston, MA (US);
Derek John Hugger, Mont Vernon, NH (US);
John E. Longan, Nashua, NH (US);
Christopher Wayne Thurrott, Townsend, MA (US);
Canon U.S.A., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
Abstract
A system and method for supporting multi-probe guidance are disclosed. The system comprises: a medical guidance apparatus comprising: a rotatable portion which is rotatable around a first axis; an arc guide attached to or integrally formed with the rotatable portion, and a probe holder movably mounted on the arc guide. The probe holder is rotatable around a second axis perpendicular to the first axis by being translated along an arcuate path defined by the shape of the arc guide. In one embodiment, the probe holder includes a plurality of probe channels to guide a corresponding plurality of probes parallel to each other towards a subject. In other embodiment, the probe holder includes a single probe channel which is offset from a center point of the guidance apparatus by a fixed distance such that each probe can be inserted sequentially through a different insertion point without colliding at the center point.