Methods and apparatus for performing procedures on target locations in the body

US7787936B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Traxyz Medical, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Matthew S. Kressy · Wellesley, US
• Leslie Greengard · New York, US
• Zachary S. Spigelman · Guilford, US
• Richard Theriault · San Diego, US
• Shekhar G. Wadekar · Westwood, US
• Steven Woolfson · Boston, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 24, 2005
• Grant date: Aug 31, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 3, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B90/39
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method of performing a medical procedure on target tissue within the body includes immobilizing the target tissue with an immobilization device, positioning an insertion tool (e.g., a needle, a needle and marker wire, a needle gun, etc.) to be inserted into the target tissue on the immobilization device based on at least one reading of the target tissue, and inserting the insertion tool into the target tissue. An immobilization device for performing methods includes a frame assembly, a tissue immobilization assembly coupled to the frame assembly, the tissue immobilization assembly including a structure adapted to immobilize tissue, and a needle assembly releasably connectable to the frame assembly. The needle assembly includes a needle capable of being inserted into the immobilized tissue.