Patents by Inventor Yves Nlevergelt

Yves Nlevergelt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for stereotactic implantation
    Patent number: 5788713
    Abstract: A device for the percutaneous localization of a foreign object in a body has a base collar mount and one or more movable collar mounts all located on at least one perpendicular guide rail. The base collar mount has a guide-tube cannula affixed to it. A series of tubings and wire lengths extend through the guide-tube cannula as the movable collar mounts are advanced. As the tubings and wire are exposed from the guide-tube cannula, they assume their native curvature thus forming a compound trajectory for the insertion of a foreign object in a body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: Mark Dubach, Yves Nlevergelt