Patent ID: 7022082
Filing Date: 2006-04-04
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A needle guide system, comprising (a) a base adapted for non-pivotal connection to an imaging device, wherein the entire base cannot pivot with respect to an imaging device when it is non-pivotally connected thereto and wherein the base comprises a base alignment surface, (b) a single arm directly pivotally connected to the base at a connecting portion of the single arm, wherein the arm comprises an arm alignment surface and the arm is pivotable to a position at which the arm alignment surface is coplanar with the base alignment surface, and wherein the base alignment surface is adapted to position the arm at a predetermined orientation with respect to an imaging device, and (c) a needle guide pivotally connected to the single arm at a point distal from the connecting portion, wherein the needle guide is adapted to receive at least one needle and comprises a needle guide alignment surface and the needle guide is pivotable to a position at which the needle guide alignment surface is coplanar with the arm alignment surface, wherein the length of the single arm extending between the base and the needle guide is adjustable and wherein the single arm is rigid along the length extending between the base and the distal point such that the distal point is not pivotal with respect to the connecting portion.