Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus for guiding an external needle to an implantable device
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Application No.: US13045683Application Date: 2011-03-11
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Publication No.: US08483802B2Publication Date: 2013-07-09
- Inventor: Scott L. Kalpin , Andrew Bzostek , Steven L. Hartmann , Matthew W. Koenig , Brad Jacobsen , Scott A. Sarkinen , Peter J. Borowitz , Bradley A. Jascob
- Applicant: Scott L. Kalpin , Andrew Bzostek , Steven L. Hartmann , Matthew W. Koenig , Brad Jacobsen , Scott A. Sarkinen , Peter J. Borowitz , Bradley A. Jascob
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, PLC
- Main IPC: A61B5/05
- IPC: A61B5/05

Abstract:
A system can include an implantable device, an instrument, a display device and a processor. The implantable device can include a port and a localizer for generating a navigation field. The instrument can include a tracking device for sensing the navigation field. The processor can be operably coupled to the tracking and display devices and operable to determine a real-time location of the instrument relative to the port and a trajectory of the instrument relative to an insertion axis of the port. The processor system can be operable to cause the display device to graphically render the instrument as a plurality of two or three-dimensional rings positioned around an axis coincident with the determined trajectory and in spaced relation to each other along the axis. A first ring of the plurality of rings can be positioned at the determined instrument location relative to a graphical representation of the port location.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110237935A1 Method and Apparatus for Guiding an External Needle to an Implantable Device Public/Granted day:2011-09-29
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