Abstract: A medical instrument provides for precise indexing in order to implant seeds into seed implant locations within a patient. The medical instrument is affixed to a targeting fixture, and upon operator actuation of a trigger, is automatically indexed from one seed implant location to a next seed implant location.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 17, 2001
Publication date:
January 17, 2002
Applicant:
INTEGRATED IMPLANT SYSTEMS,
Inventors:
Edward J. Kaplan, Diego Y. Fontayne, Robert H. Joachim, Steven Bellofatto, Troy H. Phipps, Ernest A. Elgin, III.