Nitin P. Wale,Santosh G. Deshmukh,Anil R. Jadhav,Ajay D. Pawar,Abhijit G. Kulkarni,John A. Hibner
申请号:
US12580288
公开号:
US08162847B2
申请日:
2009.10.16
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要:
A biopsy system comprises a control module, a localization assembly, a biopsy device, and a targeting cube. The biopsy device and/or other associated components are configured to selectively couple with a targeting cube that selectively couples with a grid plate having apertures for receiving the cube. The targeting cube comprises a body defined by faces. The targeting cube further comprises guide holes that originate and terminate at the faces and pass through the body of the targeting cube to provide passageways through the cube. To securely and removably fit the targeting cube within a grid plate aperture, the targeting cube also comprises deflectable projections positioned at the corners of the cube or extending from the faces of the cube. The projections are resiliently biased to extend outwardly, and are inwardly deflectable by the walls of a grid plate aperture to secure the targeting cube in position within the aperture.