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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ge Yokogawa Medical Systems, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 ;
Abstract
In order to facilitate appropriate biopsy puncture in magnetic resonance imaging, a puncture needle support tool has a base member attached to an RF coil a slider attached to the base member movably in parallel to the axis of the RF coil, and a puncture needle guide having a puncture needle through hole and an MR marker disposed in parallel to the through hole, capable of linearly moving in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction on the slider and of rotatively moving in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the RF coil.