Patent ID: 8128600
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: A61B,A61M,A61P

Abstract:
1. Neurosurgical apparatus comprising: a guide tube for insertion into the brain of a patient towards a desired target, the guide tube having distal and proximal ends; a head assembly disposed at or in contact with the proximal end of the guide tube, the head assembly having an opening; a single fine tube neurosurgical catheter with an external diameter of not more than 0.7 mm for insertion into the brain parenchyma of the patient, the single fine tube neurosurgical catheter being configured to be inserted into the guide tube through the opening in the head assembly; and a hub device fixedly secured to the single fine tube neurosurgical catheter, the hub device being non-movably configured with respect to the single fine tube neurosurgical catheter to abut a stopping surface on the head assembly to stop the insertion of the single fine tube neurosurgical catheter in the opening, the hub device thereby allowing the distal end of the single fine tube neurosurgical catheter to be advanced to, stopped and accurately located at the desired target.