Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Navigation guidance method for complex catheters
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Application No.: US15259683Application Date: 2016-09-08
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Publication No.: US10702342B2Publication Date: 2020-07-07
- Inventor: Scott A. Hareland
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61B34/20
- IPC: A61B34/20 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B18/14 ; A61B5/00 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B18/00

Abstract:
A method and system for determining a target location for a medical device having complex geometry relative to an anatomical feature, and for navigating and positioning the medical device at the target location. The system may include a medical device including a treatment element having a centroid, one or more navigation electrodes, and a longitudinal axis and a navigation system in communication with the one or more navigation electrodes, the navigation system including a processing unit. The processing unit may be programmed to define a plane that approximates a surface of the anatomical feature, define a centroid of the anatomical feature, define a vector that is normal to the plane and extends away from the centroid of the anatomical feature, and determine a target location for the treatment element of the medical device based on the vector to assist the user in placing the device for treatment.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180064494A1 NAVIGATION GUIDANCE METHOD FOR COMPLEX CATHETERS Public/Granted day:2018-03-08
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