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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:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Paulus Cornelis Van Venrooij, Hoensbroek, NL;
Victor Duysens, Grevenbicht, NL;
Inventors:
Frans L. H. Gielen, Eckelrade, NL;
Peter Appenrodt, Bremen, DE;
Paulus Cornelis Van Venrooij, Hoensbroek, NL;
Victor Duysens, Grevenbicht, NL;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and procedure for using the system are disclosed for guiding instruments of varying sizes. The instruments can be guided into various portions of the anatomy for performing a procedure, providing a treatment, measuring a physiological response, or the like. Two or more instruments of varying sizes can be driven or guided relative to one another with the same system.