Fred H. Burbank,Paul Lubock,Michael L. Jones,Richard L. Quick
申请号：
US11059992
公开号：
US08229553B2
申请日:
2005.02.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
Devices and methods are provided for securely affixing a medical instrument to desired tissue in a patients body, using a fixation agent. Such medical instruments may comprise localization wires or tissue acquisition instruments, such as biopsy instruments, for example. In the case of tissue acquisition instruments, the inventors have discovered significant advantages for securely affixing the distal end of the tissue acquisition instrument to a particular tissue target area. For example, such an approach permits the imaging environment to be uncoupled from the procedural environment so that expensive and often unavailable imaging equipment, such as stereotactic imaging equipment, need not be used. In a preferred embodiment, a bonding agent, such as adhesive, surgical glue, or a solvent, is used as the fixation agent.
