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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Matthew S. Kressy, Wellesley, MA (US);
Leslie Greengard, New York, NY (US);
Zachary S. Spigelman, Newton, MA (US);
Richard H. Theriault, Lincoln, MA (US);
Shekhar G. Wadekar, Westwood, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Matthew S. Kressy, Wellesley, MA (US);
Leslie Greengard, New York, NY (US);
Zachary S. Spigelman, Newton, MA (US);
Richard H. Theriault, Lincoln, MA (US);
Shekhar G. Wadekar, Westwood, MA (US);
Steven B. Woolfson, Boston, MA (US);
Traxyz Medical, Inc., Needham, MA (US);
Abstract
A method of performing a medical procedure on target tissue within the body includes immobilizing the target tissue with an immobilization device, positioning an insertion tool (e.g., a needle, a needle and marker wire, a needle gun, etc.) to be inserted into the target tissue on the immobilization device based on at least one reading of the target tissue, and inserting the insertion tool into the target tissue. An immobilization device for performing methods includes a frame assembly, a tissue immobilization assembly coupled to the frame assembly, the tissue immobilization assembly including a structure adapted to immobilize tissue, and a needle assembly releasably connectable to the frame assembly. The needle assembly includes a needle capable of being inserted into the immobilized tissue.