Patent ID: 8886287
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: A61B,B23Q,B29C,B65D,G01B,G01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for stabilizing tissue during an in vivo magnetic-resonance-imaging (MRI) procedure, the apparatus comprising: a pantomesh that includes: wherein the first and fourth spherical joints of the first pantomesh element are the third and second spherical joints, respectively, of the second pantomesh element of a first row of the first plurality of pantomesh elements, and the third and second spherical joints of the first pantomesh element are the first and fourth spherical joints, respectively, of the N wherein a first line that extends through the first spherical joint and the fourth spherical joint of the first pantomesh element forms a first variable angle with a second line that extends through the second spherical joint and the third spherical joint of the first pantomesh element, and wherein the first variable angle changes as a distance between the first and third spherical joints increases, and wherein the first pantomesh element is configured such that: