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  • Medical support device
    Patent number: 9867673
    Abstract: There is provided a medical support device for holding and positioning a needle. This device is particularly useful for positioning needles in a less invasive puncture treatment. This device comprises two rotational elements and at least one needle guide attached to a rotational element and. The needle guide guides the direction of insertion of a needle-like instrument and includes a guide portion that guides a needle or other needle-like instrument where the puncture point of the needle in a first position is different from the puncture point when the needle guide guides the needle in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignees: Canon U.S.A, Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Onuma, Takahisa Kato, Nobuhiko Hata, Kemal Tuncali, Brian Ninni, Peter Tia
  • Medical support device
    Patent number: 11213366
    Abstract: There is provided a medical support device for holding and positioning a needle. This device is particularly useful for positioning needles in a less invasive puncture treatment. This device comprises two rotational elements and at least one needle guide attached to a rotational element and. The needle guide guides the direction of insertion of a needle-like instrument and includes a guide portion that guides a needle or other needle-like instrument where the puncture point of the needle in a first position is different from the puncture point when the needle guide guides the needle in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Canon U.S.A., Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Kazufumi Onuma, Takahisa Kato, Nobuhiko Hata, Kemal Tuncali, Brian Ninni, Peter Tia