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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:
Apr. 01, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Gerald S. Szczech, Coralville, IA (US);
Craig Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Brett Severence, Iowa City, IA (US);
Inventors:
Gerald S. Szczech, Coralville, IA (US);
Craig Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Brett Severence, Iowa City, IA (US);
Assignee:
CIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc., Kalona, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A needle guide for use with an imaging instrument is disclosed. The needle guide is suitable for delivery of a needle at a shallow angle into a patient during imaging analysis. Thus, the needle guide is well suited to the controlled collection of biopsy tissue or other sample material near the surface of a patient.