US 12,186,140 B2
Areola marker placement guide
Colleen Lindo, Baltimore, MD (US); Gabriel Del Corral, Baltimore, MD (US); Dae Capobianco Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US); and Stephen Kinsey, Lutherville, MD (US)
Assigned to MEDSTAR HEALTH, INC., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed by MEDSTAR HEALTH, INC., Columbia, MD (US)
Filed on Apr. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/717,700.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/176,592, filed on Apr. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0331057 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 90/39 (2016.02) [A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An areola marker placement guide comprising:
a superior anchor;
an inferior anchor;
a slidable housing having a horizontal axis and a vertical axis and located between the superior anchor and the inferior anchor;
a vertical telescoping assembly extending through the slidable housing along the vertical axis and comprising:
a top vertical arm connected to and extending downward from the superior anchor;
a bottom vertical arm connected to and extending upward from the inferior anchor; and
a vertical tube telescopically receiving the top vertical arm and the bottom vertical arm; and
a horizontal telescoping assembly extending from the slidable housing along the horizontal axis and comprising:
a left horizontal telescoping assembly comprising:
a left horizontal arm having a lateral end connected to a left areolar marker; and
a left horizontal tube having a medial end connected to the slidable housing and telescopically receiving the left horizontal arm;
a right horizontal telescoping assembly comprising:
a right horizontal arm having a lateral end connected to a right areolar marker; and
a right horizontal tube having a medial end connected to the slidable housing and telescopically receiving the right horizontal arm.