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Low profile instrument immobilizer

US7704260B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 6, 2004
Grant dateApr 27, 2010
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Expiry dateDec 11, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61N1/0536
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This document discusses, among other things, examples of a low profile instrument immobilizer and means for positioning the same. In one example, the low profile instrument immobilizer grasps, secures, and immobilizes an electrode or other instrument that extends through a burr hole in a skull to a target location in a patient's brain.

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