Intervention guidance device
AssigneeNorwegian University of Science and Technology
InventorDaniel Fossum Bratbak
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Abstract
A guidance device for guidance of surgical interventions on a patient, the surgical interventions requiring an intervention device to surgically enter the body and be directed through body tissues to a target site within the patient's head, the guidance device comprising: a guide piece 4 for guiding the intervention device and directing it to the target site within the patient's head; a mouthpiece 2 arranged to anchor the device in a fixed orientation relative to the patient's upper jaw or lower jaw; and a targeted or targetable mounting 6 supporting the guide piece on the mouthpiece, the mounting 6 being for directing the guide piece 4 in a desired orientation relative to the mouthpiece 2 to thereby direct the intervention device through body tissues to the target site in the patient's head.
Claims34
A guidance device for guidance of surgical interventions on a patient, the surgical interventions requiring an intervention device to surgically enter the body and be directed through body tissues to a target site within the patient's head, the guidance device comprising:
- a guide piece for guiding the intervention device and directing it to the target site within the patient's head;
- a mouthpiece arranged to anchor the device in a fixed orientation relative to the patient's upper jaw or lower jaw;
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- a targeted or targetable mounting supporting the guide piece on the mouthpiece, the mounting being for directing the guide piece in a desired orientation relative to the mouthpiece to thereby direct the intervention device through body tissues to the target site in the patient's head.
A method of targeting an intervention device for later surgical intervention on the body, where the device comprises a guide piece for guiding an intervention device;
- a mouthpiece arranged to anchor the device in a fixed orientation relative to the patient's upper jaw;
- and a mounting supporting the guide piece on the mouthpiece, the method comprising:
- non-surgically attaching the mouthpiece of the device to the patient's upper jaw or lower jaw;
- determining a desired orientation for a guide piece of the device which will enable the guide piece to later guide the intervention device to surgically enter the body and be directed through body tissues to a target site within the patient's head;
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- setting the orientation of the guide piece relative to the mouthpiece by means of a tailor made mounting or a targetable mounting so that the guide piece is in the desired orientation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.