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US 9,801,586 B2Granted
Device for the, in particular, transperineal examination of patients
OwnerHubert Norasinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for the, in particular, transperineal examination of patients, consisting of two leg holders (1) arranged symmetrically in relation to the longitudinal axis of the patient, wherein the leg holders (1) have arranged between them a carriage (2) which runs parallel to the center plane of the patient and can be displaced, and arrested, in the direction of the longitudinal axis and, at its patient end, has a frame (3) which is oriented perpendicularly to the displacement direction and is suitable for accommodating a grid (4) and/or a targeting device or an NMR coil.
Claims12
A patient stabilization device, comprising:
- a carriage guidedly movable along a longitudinal axis of said patient stabilization device;
- a first leg holder;
- a second leg holder substantially mirror symmetric to said first leg holder relative to a plane comprising said longitudinal axis;
- an instrument guide frame mounted to said carriage;
- and
- a thigh spreading device comprising a plate-like first wing and a plate-like second wing, wherein
- said plate-like first wing and said plate-like second wing are guidedly moveable in a direction substantially perpendicular to said plane and form an acute angle with said longitudinal axis.
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An instrument guiding method;
- comprising:
- positioning a patient on a patient stabilization device such that a spine of said patient extends substantially along a longitudinal axis of said patient stabilization device;
- positioning a first leg of said patient on a first leg holder of said patient stabilization device;
- positioning a second leg of said patient on a second leg holder of said patient stabilization device, which second leg holder is substantially mirror symmetric to said first leg holder relative to a plane comprising said longitudinal axis;
- spreading a thigh of said first leg from a thigh of said second leg using a thigh spreading device of said patient stabilization device, said thigh spreading device comprising a plate-like first wing and a plate-like second wing, each of said first wing and said second wing forming an acute angle with said longitudinal axis and being guidedly moveable in a direction substantially perpendicular to said plane;
- positioning a carriage of said patient stabilization device proximate to a perineal region of said patient, said carriage being guidedly movable along said longitudinal axis;
- and
- guiding an instrument using an instrument guide mounted to said carriage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.