1. A system comprising:
a cannulated drill;
a cannulated access member; and
a coupling member for coupling the access member to the drill and for maintaining alignment of the cannulations in the drill and the access member, the access member being movable relative to the coupling member such that the access member can be secured to tissue while the coupling member maintains the alignment of the cannulations.
2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a medical device for receipt within the cannulated drill.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein said medical device is selected from a group consisting of a ventriculostomy catheter, convention therapy catheter, epilepsy depth electrode, thermocoagulation probe, lesioning probe, stereotactic needle and ablative probe.
4. The system of claim 1, further comprising a probe.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein said probe is adapted to be tracked by navigation software.
6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a drill bit.
7. A kit comprising:
a cannulated drill;
a cannulated access member;
a coupling member for coupling the access member to the drill; and
a probe for receipt within the cannulated drill.
8. The kit of claim 7 further comprising a drill bit.
9. The kit of claim 7 further comprising a medical device.
10. The kit of claim 7 further comprising a robot arm.
11. The kit of claim 9, wherein said medical device is selected from a group consisting of a ventriculostomy catheter, convention therapy catheter, epilepsy depth electrode, thermocoagulation probe, lesioning probe, stereotactic needle and ablative probe.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A computerized real estate marketing system for assisting a buyer locate property comprising a computer executing application software that causes said computer to implement a database and a communication dataport that are in functional communication with said computer;
wherein said database includes at least one entry for a qualified buyer having readily available assets who is seeking described real estate, said described real estate including price information;
wherein said readily available assets are verified prior to marketing of said qualified buyer;
and wherein said readily available assets include a pre-approved loan;
wherein said application software enables said computer to market said qualified buyer to real estate sellers over said dataport;
wherein said application software enables said dataport to provide said computer with seller information containing a description of seller property that a seller wishes to sell to said qualified buyer;
wherein said application software causes said computer to filter said seller information to determine if said seller property matches said described real estate; and
wherein said computer causes said qualified buyer to be informed of said seller property if said seller property matches said described real estate.
2. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said readily available assets is buyer money.
3. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said described real estate includes a desired location.
4. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said database includes an entry for at least one seller, and wherein said entry includes a description of property said at least one seller wishes to sell.
5. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 4, wherein computer searches said database to find a match between said desired property and said entry for said at least one seller.
6. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said price information includes a maximum price.
7. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said seller information is from a real estate broker.
8. The computerized real estate marketing system according to claim 1, wherein said seller information is from a real estate marketer.
9. A computerized method of marketing real estate comprising, in any order, the steps of:
(i) identifying a qualified buyer having readily available assets;
(ii) obtaining qualified buyer information about described real estate the qualified buyer wants to purchase, where the buyer information includes price information;
(iii) storing qualified buyer information in a computer database;
(iv) notifying the market about the qualified buyer seeking the described real estate;
(vii) obtaining information about property a seller wants to sell to the qualified buyer;
(viii) comparing seller information to the described real estate;
(ix) verifying the readily available assets of the qualified buyer prior to notifying the market about the qualified buyer; and
(x) notifying the qualified buyer about the seller information if the seller property matches the described real estate.
10. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the readily available assets include a pre-approved loan.
11. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the readily available assets include cash.
12. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the described real estate includes a desired location.
13. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the database includes an entry for at least one seller, and wherein that entry includes a description of property the at least one seller wishes to sell.
14. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 13, wherein a computer searches the computer database to find a match between the desired property and the entry for the at least one seller.
15. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the price information includes a maximum price.
16. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the seller information is from a real estate broker.
17. The computerized method of marketing real estate according to claim 9, wherein the seller information is from a real estate marketer.
18. A computerized marketing real estate system for assisting a potential buyer obtain preapproval for a real estate loan, said system comprising a computer executing application software that causes said computer to implement a database and a communication dataport in functional communication with said computer;
wherein said database includes at least one loan term and a credit benchmark required for loan preapproval for each potential lender of a plurality of potential lenders;
wherein said application software enables said computer to obtain application information over said dataport from the potential buyer;
wherein said application software causes said computer to obtain a credit benchmark for the potential buyer;
wherein said application software causes said computer to search the database to identify potential lenders that will consider pre-approving a real estate loan to a potential buyer having said potential buyer’s credit benchmark;
stratifying said identified potential lenders according to said at least one loan term into a hierarchy of potential lender to identify a best potential lender for the potential buyer; and
wherein said best potential lender is queried as to whether they are interested in pre-approving a loan to a potential borrower having said potential buyer’s credit benchmark.
19. A computerized marketing real estate system according to claim 18, wherein said application software causes said computer to add said potential buyer to said database as a qualified buyer upon a lender pre-approving said potential buyer.
20. A computerized marketing real estate system according to claim 19, wherein said database further includes entries regarding available assets and described real estate for said qualified buyer, said described real estate including price information;
wherein said application software enables said computer to market said qualified buyer to real estate sellers over said dataport;
wherein said application software enables said dataport to provide said computer with seller information containing a description of seller property that a seller wishes to sell to said qualified buyer;
wherein said application software causes said computer to filter said seller information to determine if said seller property matches said described real estate; and
wherein said computer causes said qualified buyer to be informed of said seller property if said seller property matches said described real estate.