Patent ID: 9492232
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A powered stereotactic positioning guide apparatus, comprising: a positioning guide means, and a positioning guide control means; wherein said positioning guide means comprises a tubular positioning guide, a pivotable means, a lock and release means and a securing means, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to synchronize coupling said positioning guide means with the positioning guide control means for operational control of said positioning guide means by said positioning guide control means with letting the pivotable means be rotatable, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to synchronize uncoupling said positioning guide means from said positioning guide control means with locking said pivotable means so as to guide an invasive tubular device inside said positioning guide means slidably passing therethrough in a range of insertion angle to a tissue object, wherein said positioning guide means is configured to be independently operable following uncoupling from said positioning guide control means, and wherein said positioning guide means is configured to rotationally adjust and reversibly lock said tubular positioning guide for the insertion angle of the invasive tubular device; and wherein said positioning guide control means comprises an electromagnetic pointing device, a positioning control means, a power and electronic control means, an ultrasound transducer enclosure and a handle, wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to visually locate the tissue object by the electromagnetic pointing device of said positioning guide control means in a visualized ultrasonographic field, wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to be electrically powered to align a longitudinal axis of said positioning guide means with the tissue object in the visualized ultrasonographic field, and wherein said positioning guide control means is configured to electronically synchronize locating the tissue object by said electromagnetic pointing device with aligning the longitudinal axis of said positioning guide means with the tissue object.