A61B 5/061
Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from
Official title: {Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from the probe, e.g. sensing internal probe position employing impedance electrodes on the surface of the body (A61B1/00158 takes precedence)}
A61B5/061 (Determining position of a probe within the body employing means separate from) appears on 3,678 US grants and 5,105 published applications in this corpus.
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