US 11,849,958 B2
Surgical kit for use in a craniectomy procedure
Alexandre Carpentier, Paris (FR); Alexandre Vignot, Lyons (FR); and Matthieu Cholvy, Peage de Roussillon (FR)
Assigned to ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris (FR); SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, Paris (FR); and CARTHERA, Paris (FR)
Appl. No. 16/979,999
Filed by ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HOPITAUX DE PARIS, Paris (FR); SORBONNE UNIVERSITE, Paris (FR); and CARTHERA, Paris (FR)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/056246
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 11, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/175214, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 19, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1852178 (FR), filed on Mar. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0007756 A1, Jan. 14, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 90/10 (2016.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61N 7/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/1739 (2013.01) [A61B 8/4477 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/10 (2016.02); A61N 7/00 (2013.01); A61B 2090/103 (2016.02); A61N 2007/0026 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A surgical kit for use during a craniectomy procedure, the surgical kit comprising:
a medical device capable of being implant in a cranial bone of a patient, the medical device including a support structure and several transducers mounted on the support structure for the emission of ultrasound waves for treating a brain tissue,
a surgical accessory capable of being positioned on the cranial bone of the patient, the surgical accessory including a body dimensioned to approximate the dimensions of the support structure of the medical device, the outer perimeter of the body defines dimensions of an opening capable of being made in the cranial bone of the patient in order to receive the medical device,
wherein the surgical accessory comprises a plurality of holes arranged in the body, the position of each hole on the body coinciding with the position of the axis of symmetry of a respective transducer on the support structure, each hole defining a marker for the end of a neuronavigation system in order to facilitate optimal positioning of the opening to be made in the cranial bone.