Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Position detection based on tissue discrimination
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Application No.: US17848490Application Date: 2022-06-24
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Publication No.: US11712310B2Publication Date: 2023-08-01
- Inventor: Ronaldus Frederik Johannes Holthuizen , Bernardus Hendrikus Wilhelmus Hendriks , Drazenko Babic , Robert Johannes Frederik Homan , Johan Juliana Dries
- Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Priority: EP 155320 2017.02.09
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B34/10 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B5/00 ; A61B17/70 ; A61B17/88

Abstract:
A system is suggested comprising an optical sensing means and a processing unit. The optical sensing means may include an optical guide with a distal end, wherein the optical guide may be configured to be arranged in a device to be inserted into tissue in a region of interest. The processing unit may be configured to receive information of a region of interest including different tissue types as well as of a path through the tissues, to determine a sequence of tissue types along the path, to determine a tissue type at the distal end of the optical guide based on information received from the optical sensing means, to compare the determined tissue type with the tissue types on the path, to determine possible positions of the distal end of the optical guide on the path based on the comparison of tissue types, and to generate a signal indicative for the possible positions.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220313368A1 POSITION DETECTION BASED ON TISSUE DISCRIMINATION Public/Granted day:2022-10-06
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