US 12,295,782 B2
Parallel path puncture device guide and method
Craig Joseph Cermak, Iowa City, IA (US); Rainer Marksteiner, Schwaz (AT); and Marco Thurner, Innsbruck (AT)
Assigned to INNOVACELL GMBH, Innsbruck (AT)
Appl. No. 18/001,926
Filed by INNOVACELL GMBH, Innsbruck (AT)
PCT Filed Jun. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/066086
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/255016, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 23, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/039,515, filed on Jun. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0240643 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 8/085 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4218 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A puncture device guide, comprising:
an adapter (105) configured to fixedly attach to an ultrasound probe (10);
a syringe holder assembly (140) configured to slidingly attach to the adapter (105) and receive a syringe (15) therein;
wherein the syringe holder assembly (140) is configured to slide on probe adapter (105) in an axial direction relative to the ultrasound probe (10);
wherein the syringe holder assembly (140) is configured to allow for selective adjustment of a radial distance for a path of a needle (25) of the syringe (15) relative to the ultrasound probe (10);
wherein the adapter (105) includes a tip guide (135, 1135) to selectively align a distal end of the needle (25) with the radial distance for the path;
wherein, when the ultrasound probe (10) is inserted into a patient, the syringe assembly is configured to slide forward on the adapter to insert the needle past the tip guide into a patient; and
wherein the puncture device guide further comprises:
a guide plate (130, 1130), the guide plate including:
a hole (606) to receive the needle (25) therethrough,
a boss (608, 1108) configured to be received by the tip guide (135, 1135), and
a coupling element (602) configured to removeably attach the guide plate (130, 1130) to the tip guide (135, 1135), and wherein:
the tip guide (135, 1135) further comprises:
multiple slots (1107) at different radial distances configured to receive the boss (608, 1108) of the guide plate (130, 1130), and
wherein each of the multiple slots (1107) corresponds to one of the radial distances for the path of the needle (25).