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US 2012/0073515 A1Published application
Intrathecal needle guide apparatus
AssigneesAdvanced Bionics AG, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System
InventorsJin M. Chung, Kyngsoon Chung, Hee Young Kim
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Abstract
An apparatus for inserting a needle into an intrathecal space of small animals is disclosed, where the apparatus includes an animal positioning platform having a curved section, and a needle guide that rotates around the curved section, and to methods for using same.
Claims24
A small animal intrathecal injection guide apparatus comprising:
- an animal positioning platform including a curved section,
- at least one arm pivotally mounted on the platform, where the arm rotates around the curved section,
- a cross member attached to the distal end of the arm, and
- a first needle guide mounted to the cross member at an angle α to the arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.