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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2003
Anders Magnusson, Uppsala, SE;
Per Egnelöv, Uppsala, SE;
Anders Magnusson, Uppsala, SE;
Per Egnelöv, Uppsala, SE;
Aprio Medical AB, Uppsala, SE;
Abstract
The invention provides a puncturing guide () for guiding a puncturing needle into a target site within the body of a patient. The puncturing guide () comprises a base plate (), a needle guide (), a retainer () for securing the needle guide () to the base plate (), a first segment () of a first semi-sphere, a second segment () of a second semi-sphere, and a needle guide () attached to the second segment (). During a positioning operation, the second segment () slides on the first segment (), so that the needle guide () is movable around the center of the first semi-sphere, which is in level with the underside of the base plate (), thereby providing the possibility to position the tip of a puncturing needle at a puncturing point on the patient's skin and then, in a separate operation, set the entrance angle of the puncturing needle without changing its entrance point.