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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2022
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Erik E Sperry, Newburyport, MA (US);
Jerry T. Long, Jamaica Plain, MA (US);
Ronald Ciulla, Westford, MA (US);
Timothy P. Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US);
Aaron K. Kirkemo, Gladstone, NJ (US);
Mark A. Hera, Holden, MA (US);
Kenneth P. Reever, Hopedale, MA (US);
Brandon W. Craft, Edgewater, MD (US);
Elizabeth A. Stokley, Baltimore, MD (US);
Sebastian Koerner, Berlin, DE;
Chad Schneider, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Devices for guiding an instrument into a body of a patient, at a targeted point of entry and along an insertion path at a targeted insertion angle, are described herein, such as a guide for an access needle in a PCNL procedure for accessing the kidney to remove kidney stones. The devices include base component aligned with a point of entry, and a guide assembly which cooperates with the base component to allow an instrument to be aligned and fixed at various circumferential and vertical angles. The devices and methods allow a medical professional to accurately and stably guide an instrument at a targeted point and angle and to a desired depth, while minimizing the exposure to radiation used to image the insertion path.