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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 21, 2010
Publication date:
November 11, 2010
Applicant:
TRAXYZ MEDICAL, INC.
Inventors:
Matthew S. Kressy, Leslie Greengard, Zachary S. Spigelman, Richard H. Theriault, Shekhar G. Wadekar, Steven B. Woolfson
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.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2005
Date of Patent:
August 31, 2010
Assignee:
Traxyz Medical, Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew S. Kressy, Leslie Greengard, Zachary S. Spigelman, Richard H. Theriault, Shekhar G. Wadekar, Steven B. Woolfson
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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 24, 2005
Publication date:
July 28, 2005
Applicant:
Traxyz Medical, Inc.
Inventors:
Matthew Kressy, Leslie Greengard, Zachary Spigelman, Richard Theriault, Shekhar Wadekar, Steven Woolfson