EM guidance device for a device enabled for endovascular navigation placement including a remote operator capability and EM endoluminal imaging technique
OwnerJaywant Philip Parmarinventor
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Abstract
A method and system for placing a device enabled for endovascular navigation, specifically a PICC catheter, and more broadly any device which is manipulated in over the wire or monorail fashion. Variants of the system comprise a guidewire for navigating through a patient's vasculature, having an electromagnetic (EM) based tracking components at or near the a leading end of the guidewire; an EM positioning field generator configured on a reference gantry; a computer and display configured to output position information of the guidewire leading end; and a servomotor delivery system actuator, mechanically coupled to the guidewire and configured for controlling the position of the guidewire.
Claims13
A system for accurate positioning of a device enabled for endovascular navigation, comprising:
- one of a catheter or guidewire or combination for navigating through a patient's vasculature, comprising an electromagnetic (EM) based tracking component at or near the leading end of the device;
- an EM positioning field generator configured on a reference gantry;
- a computer and display configured to output position information of the leading end of one of a guidewire or a catheter or a combination thereof;
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- a servomotor delivery system actuator, mechanically coupled to the one of a guidewire or catheter or combination thereof, and configured for controlling the position the guidewire or catheter or combination thereof;
- and
- wherein:
- the servomotor delivery system actuator, the mechanical coupling to the guidewire or catheter, or combination thereof, is sealed within a sterile enclosure;
- and wherein the entire guidewire or catheter or combination thereof is housed within the sterile enclosure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.