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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Stanley D. Stearns, Houston, TX (US);
H. Max Loy, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stanley D. Stearns, Houston, TX (US);
H. Max Loy, Jr., Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Gabriel Institute, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A minimally invasive and particularly small system for drilling into bone) and for providing for delivery of medical treatment is provided. The drilling system includes a miniature shaft, a bit, a guide tube encapsulating the shaft during drilling and a capillary tube thereafter, a capillary tube, and a stylet. As a result, a hole, targeted towards a cancerous lesion within the bone, is possible. After removal of the shaft, the treatment may be introduced via the capillary tube after removal of the stylet.