Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Catheter for magnetic navigation
- Patent Title (中): 磁导航导管
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Application No.: US10804707Application Date: 2004-03-19
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Publication No.: US07974678B2Publication Date: 2011-07-05
- Inventor: Michael Maschke
- Applicant: Michael Maschke
- Applicant Address: DE Munich
- Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
- Current Assignee Address: DE Munich
- Agency: Schiff Hardin LLP
- Priority: DE10313868 20030321
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
A catheter for magnetic navigation in the human body, has a magnet arranged in the catheter tip in order to move a catheter to the desired position in the body by interaction with an external magnetic field, and has a number of separated electromagnets, that can be controlled independently of one another, distributed along the length of the catheter body.
Public/Granted literature
- US20040242995A1 Catheter for magnetic navigation Public/Granted day:2004-12-02
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