Ventriculostomy probe

Description

FIG. 1 is a side view of a ventriculostomy probe, showing our new design, the outher side being a mirror image;

FIG. 2 is a top view of a ventriculostomy probe, showing our new design;

FIG. 3 is a bottom view of a ventriculostomy probe, showing our new design;

FIG. 4 is a front view of a ventriculostomy probe, showing our new design at an enlarged scale; and,

FIG. 5 is a rear view of a ventriculostomy probe, showing our new design at an enlarged scale.

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Patent History
Patent number: D387427
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 12, 1996
Date of Patent: Dec 9, 1997
Assignee: Surgical Navigation Technologies, Inc. (Broomfield, CO)
Inventors: Richard D. Bucholz (St. Louis, MO), Carol Baumann (St. Louis, MO), Todd Pope (San Francisco, CA), Udo Wiedenmaier (San Mateo, CA)
Primary Examiner: Louis S. Zarfas
Assistant Examiner: I. Simmons
Law Firm: Senniger, Powers, Leavitt & Roedel
Application Number: 0/50,227