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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2014
Applicants:
Faculty Physicians and Surgeons of Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Inventors:
Dalton Duane Baldwin, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Alexander Yeo, Colton, CA (US);
Jacob Martin, Loma Linda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/065 (2013.01);
Abstract
A needle access assembly and method for obtaining percutaneous needle access with little or no fluoroscopy. The method can include selecting a target for percutaneous access, directing a laser guide at a desired needle-insertion angle and in line with the selected target, aligning the needle access assembly with the laser, and inserting the needle into the target.