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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2015
Canon U.s.a., Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Kazufumi Onuma, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahisa Kato, Brookline, MA (US);
Nobuhiko Hata, Newton, MA (US);
Kemal Tuncali, Newton, MA (US);
Brian Ninni, Somerville, MA (US);
Peter Tia, Dracut, MA (US);
Canon U.S.A, Inc., Melville, NY (US);
The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
There is provided a medical support device for holding and positioning a needle. This device is particularly useful for positioning needles in a less invasive puncture treatment. This device comprises two rotational elements and at least one needle guide attached to a rotational element and. The needle guide guides the direction of insertion of a needle-like instrument and includes a guide portion that guides a needle or other needle-like instrument where the puncture point of the needle in a first position is different from the puncture point when the needle guide guides the needle in a second position.