US 12,324,604 B2
Localization device for inserting localizer and methods of insertion
John Laviola, Marlborough, MA (US); Kenneth F. Defreitas, Marlborough, MA (US); and Andrew L. Jagenow, Marlborough, MA (US)
Assigned to Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/280,372
Filed by HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US)
PCT Filed Sep. 23, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/052411
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/068658, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 2, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,203, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0378704 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 17/3421 (2013.01) [A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00389 (2013.01); A61B 2090/3908 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3987 (2016.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A localization device comprising:
a body having a first end and a second end;
a cannula extending from the second end of the body, wherein the cannula defines a cannula axis and the cannula is rigid;
an actuation system disposed on a lateral body portion of the body between the first end and the second end, wherein the actuation system includes a slidable actuator configured to move along the cannula axis and a rotatable actuator configured to rotate about the cannula axis; and
a control rod slidably and rotatable disposed within at least one of the body and the cannula, wherein the control rod includes a first end and an opposite second end, the first end of the control rod is disposed within the cannula and the second end of the control rod includes a spline coupled to the slidable actuator of the actuation system, wherein the rotatable actuator is slidably mounted at the spline such that the slidable actuator is configured to slide the control rod relative to the rotatable actuator and along the cannula axis, and the rotatable actuator is configured to rotate the control rod around the cannula axis.