Patent ID: 7328057

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: an elongate primary instrument, including proximal and distal ends that is sized and shaped for receiving a shunt catheter thereupon for introducing the elongate primary instrument and shunt catheter together into a brain; a hub, coupled to the proximal end of the elongate primary instrument, the hub specifically sized and shaped to accept differently-sized affixation devices of a locator device of a remote positioning system, in which the hub comprises: a first cylindrical portion, including a first outer diameter that is specifically sized and shaped to accept a first sized affixation device of a first locator device of a remote positioning system; and a second cylindrical portion, coupled to the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion including a second outer diameter that is different from the first outer diameter, the second outer diameter being specifically sized and shaped to accept a different second sized affixation device of a second locator device of the remote positioning system; and at least one of the first locator device or the second locator device including at least one clamp that is specifically sized and shaped for circumferentially encompassing one of the first and second outer diameters of the respective first and second cylindrical portions; wherein at least one of the first locator device or the second locator device permits detection by a remote locating system, to determine a position and orientation of the elongate primary instrument.