A posterior burr hole Vocalizer device comprises a head band for attachment to a patient's head, a band constriction unit for adjusting the diameter of the head band, a sagittal plane aligning piece, and a trajectory plane aligning piece. The device is properly positioned on a patient's head in relation to the supraorbital rims and the superior attachment point of the patient's external ears in order to define an optimum location for a posterior burr hole site. Methods of making such a burr hole localizer device are also disclosed, together with methods for locating an anterior target site and an optimum posterior burr hole site.
Patent
Posterior burr hole localizer
United States Patent and Trademark Office
12/28/1999
Abstract
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Posterior burr hole localizer
- Creators
- Matthew A Howard III (Inventor)
- Contributors
- University of Iowa Research Foundation (Iowa City, IA, US) (Assignee)
- Resource Type
- Patent
- Publisher
- United States Patent and Trademark Office; United States
- Patent
- US Patent 6,007,549; Published; 08/874,325; 06/13/1997; 606/130; 602/74
- Number of pages
- 27 pages
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/28/1999
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Iowa Neuroscience Institute; UI Research Foundation; Neurosurgery; Otolaryngology
- Record Identifier
- 9983761980502771
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