Bilateral surgical platform
AssigneeGsb LLC
InventorsJohn Michael Fitzpatrick, Gregoire Samuel Blachon
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to a Bilateral Surgical Platform that is configured to simultaneously align two surgical instruments along different trajectories during surgery including two planar bodies wherein each planar body includes a hole, two couplers wherein one coupler is inserted into the hole in one of the planar bodies and the other coupler is inserted into the hole in the other planar body, a connector wherein the connector is attached to each planar body, and further wherein each planar body comprises one or several legs with each leg configured to attach to an anchor implanted in a patient's head.
Claims11
A bilateral surgical platform that is configured to simultaneously align two surgical instruments along different trajectories during surgery comprising:
- two planar bodies, wherein each planar body comprises a planar portion and an angled portion that forms an angle with the planar portion, and a hole;
- two couplers each for holding a surgical instrument aligned at a predetermined trajectory, wherein one coupler is inserted into the hole in one of the planar bodies and the other coupler is inserted into the hole in the other planar body;
- a connector, wherein the connector is attached to each planar body and has a bend forming an angle at or near its center, wherein the connector is attached to the angled portion of the planar bodies, and the angle of the connector and the angle of the angled portion of the planar bodies are configured to align the surgical instrument(s) at the predetermined trajectory;
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- further wherein each planar body comprises one or several legs, with each leg configured to attach to an anchor implanted in a patient's head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.