Patent ID: 9339340
Filing Date: 2016-05-17
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A medical instrument guiding device, comprising: a body base component; a guide body upper component, the guide body upper component coupled to the body base component, the guide body upper component having a substantially semi-spherical shape including a cut out working area within the substantially semi-spherical shape; a medical instrument guide ball resting on a friction surface located within the body base component, the medical instrument guide ball having a truncated planar surface exposed by the cut out working area; and a medical instrument port arranged upon the exposed truncated planar surface of the medical instrument guide ball, the medical instrument port configured to receive a medical instrument, the medical instrument port arranged to permit line-of-sight exposure of both a proximal end of the medical instrument and a distal end of the medical instrument as the distal end of the medical instrument enters the body of the patient.