William C. Broaddus;George T. Gillies;Zhi-Jian Chen
发明人:
William C. Broaddus,Zhi-Jian Chen,George T. Gillies
申请号:
US12304801
公开号:
US08226694B2
申请日:
2007.06.26
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
A method and means of cranial bone flap fixation that provides, among other things, the re-opening, resetting and/or repositioning of the bone flap during neurosurgical procedures. The instrumentation central to this method and means is MR and CT-visible to aid in imaging-based localization of it. The method and means can also be used in other types of medical procedures where certain kinds of hard or firm tissue fixation is desirable according to the method of the invention.