Patent ID: 7033367

Claim:
A catheter guide for controlling an angle of entry of a catheter into a cranium and allowing for ease in removal of the catheter guide from the catheter, said catheter guide comprising a non-deformable tubular member defining a central lumen to permit the passage there through of a catheter, wherein said tubular member has a catheter guide slot along its entire length contiguous with said central lumen, and said catheter guide further comprises a base, said base defining a central lumen for holding the tubular member, whereby the tubular member may be removably inserted in said base, said base has a base slot that may be aligned with the catheter guide slot, whereby said catheter guide may be removed from the catheter through the catheter guide slot, and wherein said base defines a triangle lying within a defined plane, such that when said base and said tubular member are connected and said catheter guide is placed on said cranium, the plane of said triangle is parallel to a plane tangent to said cranium below said tubular member, such that when the tubular member is inserted into said base, said tubular member is in a direction perpendicular to said defined plane and wherein said catheter guide directs an angle of entry of the catheter as substantially 90 degrees into the cranium.