Medical guide instrument, medical instrument set, medical device, and medical method
AssigneeJoimax GmbH
InventorsWolfgang RIES, Lars SCHENDZIELORZ, Jost THISSEN
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Abstract
A medical guide instrument for a medical electrode in order to position the latter against spinal nerves in a spinal canal. The guide instrument has a distal feed tube for receiving the electrode, wherein when the guide instrument is in an insertion position a first portion of the feed tube has a curvature, while when the guide instrument is in a feed position the first portion of the feed tube is substantially linear. An instrument set having the guide instrument and an electrode, a medical device having the guide instrument and an endoscope, and a method for positioning the medical electrode against spinal nerves are also provided.
Claims18
A medical guide instrument for a medical electrode for positioning the electrode on spinal nerves in a spinal canal, in particular on spinal nerve nodes, the guide instrument comprising:
- a distal feed tube for receiving the electrode,
- wherein, when the guide instrument is in an insertion position, a first portion of the feed tube has a curvature, and
- wherein, when the guide instrument is in a feed position, the first portion of the feed tube is substantially linear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.