Abstract: This invention is directed to devices and methods for stereotactic access, and particularly to a frameless stereotactic access device for accessing a body cavity and methods therefor. In general, a stereotactic device may include portions or features for fixing the device to a portion of a patient's body, such as, for example, a skull, such that the device may be generally spatially fixed in relation to the patient's body or part thereof. The stereotactic device may also generally include portions or features for guiding a medical device or other device at a particular trajectory in relation to the patient's body or part thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 22, 2015
Date of Patent:
February 27, 2018
Assignee:
Visualise, Inc.
Inventors:
Ashok Gowda, Roger J. McNichols, Charles Houssiere, Manish Ahuja, Ravish Patwardhan