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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024

Filed:

Nov. 07, 2019
Applicant:

Dfine, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Defosset, Los Gatos, CA (US);

Nate Shirley, Pleasant Grove, UT (US);

Eric Wong, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Craig Purdy, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Oleg Yurchak, Milpitas, CA (US);

Jimmy Chi-Yun Chan, San Mateo, CA (US);

Robert D. Poser, Scotts Valley, CA (US);

Assignee:

DFine, Inc., South Jordan, UT (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00212 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00393 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00339 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0072 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00821 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00875 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00916 (2013.01); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02);
Abstract

The invention relates to a magnetic-navigation joint type puncture needle which comprises a head section and needle sections, wherein, the head section is made of stainless steel material with high magnetic conductivity and is connected with the following needle sections coaxially mounted with the head section through a flexible joint; two needle sections are also coaxially connected with each other through a flexible joint; the needle sections are made of non-magnetic stainless steel material; the flexible joints adopts serpentine tubes formed by melting and engraving cobalt-chromium alloy through laser; and both the head section and the needle sections can be bent, but the flexibility of the head section and that of the needle sections are smaller than the flexibility of the flexible joints. According to the invention, an extra magnetic field force is used to cause the head section of the needle to deflect, so that the following purposes can be achieved that the insertion direction of the needle can be changed, and the other needle sections also deflect with the deflection of the head section; accurate navigation for and control over puncture path and puncture position when the puncture needle performs a non-direct channel puncture in a human body; the puncture needle provided by the invention can reach niduses which other types of puncture needles can not reach; the application scope of minimally invasive surgery is expanded; iatrogenic injuries can be reduced; and patients can be benefited.


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