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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2010
Applicants:
Willet Francis Whitmore, Iii, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Craig Joseph Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Inventors:
Willet Francis Whitmore, III, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Craig Joseph Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Assignee:
CIVCO Medical Instruments, Co., Inc., Kalona, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A guide is provided for use with an imaging instrument, the guide including a first portion, a second portion proximate the first portion, and a cavity at least partially formed by the first and second portions, the cavity having a cavity width and configured to retain an instrument therein. The cavity width is selectively changeable to accommodate a plurality of diameters by sliding the second portion along a path with respect to the first portion.