Rotating Needle Driver and Apparatuses and Methods Related Thereto

Featured is a medical instrument driver, a robotic apparatus embodying such a medical instrument driver and methods related thereto for inserting a medical instrument into tissue of a mammal (e.g., human). Such medical instruments include medical needles, biopsy needles, trocars, cutters and introducers. Such a medical instrument driver according to the present invention is configured and arranged so that medical instrument is rotated as it is being moved longitudinally for insertion into the tissue such that the medical instrument is spiraling as it pierces and traverses the tissue to the target area.

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Patents:
US 20,100,234,856

Inventor(s): STOIANOVICI DAN [US]; PETRISOR DORU [US]; MAZILU DUMITRU [US]; PATRICIU ALEXANDRU [CA]; GRUIONU LUCIAN GHEORGHE [RO]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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