Patents Assigned to Faculty Physicians and Surgeons of Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda University
  • Methods and apparatuses for fluoro-less or near fluoro-less percutaneous surgery access
    Patent number: 9351758
    Abstract: A needle access assembly and method for obtaining percutaneous needle access with little or no fluoroscopy. The method can include selecting a target for percutaneous access, directing a laser guide at a desired needle-insertion angle and in line with the selected target, aligning the needle access assembly with the laser, and inserting the needle into the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: FACULTY PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS OF LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE: LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dalton Duane Baldwin, Alexander Yeo, Jacob Martin
  • Methods and apparatuses for fluoro-less or near fluoro-less percutaneous surgery access
    Patent number: 8998943
    Abstract: A needle access assembly and method for obtaining percutaneous needle access with little or no fluoroscopy. The method can include selecting a target for percutaneous access, directing a laser guide at a desired needle-insertion angle and in line with the selected target, aligning the needle access assembly with the laser, and inserting the needle into the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Faculty Physicians and Surgeons of Loma Linda University School of Medicine; Loma Linda University
    Inventors: Dalton Duane Baldwin, Alexander Yeo, Jacob Martin