IP Library Granted Patent US 6,097,994
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US 6,097,994 · App. 08/722,708

Apparatus and method for determining the correct insertion depth for a biopsy needle

Inventors: Nassir Navab, Bernhard Geiger
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Granted: Aug 1, 2000 Filed: Sep 30, 1996
Inventors
Nassir Navab
Bernhard Geiger
Assignee (at issue)
Siemens Corporate Research, Inc.

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Patent No.
US 6,097,994
App. No.
08/722,708
Filed
1996-09-30
Granted
2000-08-01
Kind
A