Claims
- 1. A method for implanting a fiducial implant into a patient comprising the steps of:
- a. piercing the skin of a patient adjacent an anchoring site to form an opening therein, including pacing a trocar with a piercing rod therein over a desired anchoring site; forcing the piercing rod through the skin so that the trocar enters the skin; removing the piercing rod from the trocar which remains in place; and inserting a rod with a fiducial implant into the trocar such that the fiducial implant is positioned on the desired anchoring site;
- b. placing the fiducial implant into the opening in the skin over a desired anchoring site in the patient including the steps of applying force to the rod with the fiducial implant so that the fiducial implant is fixedly inserted into the anchoring site and removing the rod and trocar from the patient; and
- c. inserting the fiducial implant into the anchoring site.
- 2. The method according to claim 1 including before the piercing step the step of anesthesizing the patient.
- 3. The method according to claim 2 wherein the anchoring site is in the skull of the patient.
- 4. The method according to claim 2 including after the step of removing the trocar and rod the step of repeating, at least twice the steps of piercing, placing and inserting so three fiducial implants are anchored into the skull at three noncollinear and distinct sites in the skull.
- 5. The method according to claim 2 wherein the anchoring site is in the torso of the patient.
- 6. The method according to claim 5 wherein the anchoring site in the torso is the spinous process of a vertebra along the midline thereof.
- 7. The method according to claim 6 including after the step of removing the trocar and rod, the step of repeating, at least twice, the step of piercing, placing and inserting with the anchoring site during the latter two repeating steps being the right and left illiac crest, respectively.
- 8. The method according to claim 5 wherein the anchoring site in the torso is the sternum along the midline thereof.
- 9. The method according to claim 8 including after the step of removing the trocar and rod, the step of repeating, at least twice, the steps of piercing, placing and inserting, with the anchoring site during the latter two repeating steps being lateral to the sternum, on the right and left side thereof, respectively, and in a rib.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 07/467,243 filed Jan. 19, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,119,817 is a division of Ser. No. 07/119,353 filed Nov. 10, 1987, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,991,579.
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Divisions (2)
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