Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electromagnetic sensor with probe and guide sensing elements
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Application No.: US14802199Application Date: 2015-07-17
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Publication No.: US10682070B2Publication Date: 2020-06-16
- Inventor: Vincent Duindam
- Applicant: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee: INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Sunnyvale
- Agency: Haynes and Boone, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/06
- IPC: A61B5/06 ; A61M25/09 ; A61B34/20 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B34/30

Abstract:
A medical system comprises a probe comprising a terminal distal end. The system further comprises a first coil in the probe and comprises a guide instrument including a terminal distal end and defining a lumen sized to guide the probe. The probe can be inserted through the lumen to reach a worksite. At the worksite, the terminal distal end of the probe is configured to reach at least the terminal distal end of the guide instrument. The system further comprises a sensor embedded in a wall of the guide instrument and comprises processing hardware configured to receive a first induced signal from the first coil and to receive from the sensor an indication of a pointing direction of the guide instrument. The processing hardware is configured to use the first induced signal and the indication of the pointing direction to determine a roll angle of the probe.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160007880A1 ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSOR WITH PROBE AND GUIDE SENSING ELEMENTS Public/Granted day:2016-01-14
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