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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald Cohen, Irvine, CA (US);
John Aoki, Bellflower, CA (US);
Assignee:
Neuro Navigational Corporation, Costa Mesa, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606-1 ; 606130 ; 403370 ; 604165 ;
Abstract
A device for axially advancing a surgical instrument into the brain of a patient includes an advancer that is engageable with the gooseneck of a surgical apparatus. The is axially telescoping, and the advancer can selectively grip the surgical instrument. Accordingly, the surgical instrument can be gripped by the advancer and the advancer telescoped to advance the instrument into the brain along a predetermined path.