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US 2016/0100897 A1Published application
Stabilization apparatuses and methods for medical procedures
AssigneeCedars-Sinai Medical Center
InventorsPablo Avalos, Doniel Drazin, Clive Svendsen
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Abstract
The present invention teaches minimally invasive apparatuses and methods for stabilizing and/or guiding medical instruments used in a variety of medical procedures, including (a) introducing one or more substances into a subject's body, (b) removing one or more substances from a subject's body, (c) manipulating a region of a subject's body, or (d) combinations thereof. Among the many advantages of the inventive apparatuses are their simplicity and adaptability to attach to a variety of retractors.
Claims32
An apparatus, comprising:
- a securing arm comprising a first end, a second end, a long axis, and a short axis;
- a connecting arm comprising a first end, a second end, a long axis, and a short axis;
- a positioning arm comprising a first end, a second end, a long axis, and a short axis;
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- a guiding arm comprising a first end, a second end, a long axis, and a short axis;
- wherein (1) the first end of the connecting arm is attached to the second end of the securing arm, (2) the second end of the connecting arm is attached to the first end of the positioning arm, (3) the long axis of the connecting arm is perpendicular to the long axis of each of the securing arm and positioning arm, (4) the first end of the securing arm and the second end of the positioning arm can be positioned to extend in substantially the same direction away from the connecting arm, (5) the positioning arm is attached at its second end to the second end of the guiding arm, such that the positioning arm and guiding arm are perpendicular to one another, and (6) the guiding arm can be positioned such that the axis along which its long axis is situated is perpendicular to but does not intersect with the axes along which the long axis of the securing arm and the long axis of the connecting arm are respectively situated.
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