Patent ID: 9681919
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61N

Claim:
1. A template for use in a guided interventional medical procedure, the template comprising: a first plate and a second plate separated at a fixed distance from one another by at least one rigid spacer; the first plate including a first hole therethrough that defines a first trajectory entrance, and a second hole therethrough that defines a second trajectory entrance; the second plate including a first hole therethrough that defines a first trajectory exit, and a second hole therethrough that defines a second trajectory exit; wherein the first trajectory entrance of the first plate and the first trajectory exit of the second plate define a first instrument trajectory for a first medical device to be passed through the first plate and the second plate of the template; wherein the second trajectory entrance of the first plate and the second trajectory exit of the second plate define a second instrument trajectory for a second medical device to be passed through the first plate and the second plate of the template; and wherein the second instrument trajectory is not parallel to the first instrument trajectory.