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1. Rand and Malcolm radiolucent surgical head holder

Descripción:: Rand and Malcolm radiolucent surgical head holder. USA. 1988. This radiolucent surgical head holder stabilized the patient while allowing direct radiographic visualization of the surgical anatomy without compromising view angles or x-ray geometry. The...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1988

2. Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France.

Descripción:: Talairach rectilinear stereotactic system. France 1949. This rectilinear orthogonial instrument consisted of a heavy frame and fixation pins. Two lateral grids for alignment of the x-ray beam were placed at a distance from the frame to reduce...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1949

3. Rand-Urban stereotactic arc system. USA.

Descripción:: Rand-Urban stereotactic arc system. USA. 1956. This stereotactic instrument was designed as an arc system in order to place the patient's head in various positions. It's clinical application of studies on stereotactically implanted electrodes in...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1956

4. Wu skull fixed system

Descripción:: Wu skull fixed system. China. Used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease, the instrument was attached to a burr hole in the skull. Angular adjustments allowed the lesion electrode to be introduced into the deep brain structures; x-rays were used to...
Fecha de Creacion:: undated

5. Todd-Wells arc-focal point system. USA.

Descripción:: Todd-Wells arc-focal point system. USA. 1965. Built by Edwin M. Todd and Trent H. Wells, Jr.
Fecha de Creacion:: 1965

6. Rand Stereotactic Instrument for Yttrium Hypophysectomy

Descripción:: Rand Stereotactic Instrument for Yttrium Hypophysectomy. Los Angeles: Trent H. Wells of the Mechanical Development Co., 1953. This instrument was used to implant yttrium 90 oxide into the pituitary gland. Probes were introduced by way of the nasal...
Fecha de Creacion:: undated

7. Nashold arc system. USA.

Descripción:: Nashold arc system. USA. 1969. Based on the arc principle, this instrument was unique since it was made specifically to lesion the cerebellar dentate nucleus. Designed by Drs. Blaine Nashold and Graham Slaughter and John Harrison, an Australian...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1969

8. Heimberger arc system. USA.

Descripción:: Heimberger arc system. USA. 1972. This arc system was made in 1972 by Dr. Robert Heimberger, professor of Neurosurgery at Indiana University Medical Center. The instrument was unique in that the patient was placed in the instrument in the lateral...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1972

9. Bertrand rectilinear system. Canada. 1953.

Descripción:: Bertrand rectilinear system. Canada. 1953. Dr. Claude Bertrand, the French Canadian neurosurgeon, introduced his pneumotaxic guide in 1953 for the treatment of Parkinson's disease. It was based on the orthogonal system combined with rectolinear...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1953

10. Austin and Lee burr hole system. USA. 1956.

Descripción:: Austin and Lee burr hole system. USA. 1956. The basic design consisted of a device mounted on a burr hole in the skull. It allowed guidance at various angular adjustments. By passing the needle through the trephine after attaching the socket, AP and...
Fecha de Creacion:: 1956