Surgical probe and apparatus with improved graphical display
AssigneeDevicor Medical Products, Inc.
InventorsTrevor W. V. Speeg, Michael E. Henley, Brian Michael Ruffner, Michael B. Watts, Harry Kyuhoon Ahn, Elijah Kreider
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Abstract
An apparatus for detecting a locating medium in tissue includes a probe, and a console. The probe includes a handle and a detector disposed on a distal end of the probe. The console is in communication and includes a display. The display has a first graphical representation and a second graphical representation. The first graphical representation is configured to depict a count real-time count based on a signal from the detector. The second graphical representation is configured to depict a target count.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- (a) an instrumentation console including a display;
- (b) a probe in communication with the instrumentation console, the probe including a magnetic sensor configured to detect a magnetic field, the display being configured to depict a signal generated by the magnetic sensor based on proximity of the magnetic sensor to one or more magnetic particles;
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- (c) a temperature sensor, the temperature sensor being disposed within a portion of the probe, the temperature sensor being in communication with the instrumentation console, the instrumentation console being configured to adjust one or more operational parameters of the system based on a temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
An apparatus for detecting and measuring proximity to an injected magnetic material, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) a probe, the probe including an elongate body and a distal probe tip, the distal probe tip including a magnetic sensor configured to emit a signal proportional to the proximity of the distal probe tip to the injected magnetic material;
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- (b) a temperature sensor proximate the distal probe tip, the temperature sensor being configured to detect a temperature proximate the probe tip corresponding to a probe temperature.
A system, comprising:
- (a) a probe, the probe including:
- (i) an elongate body,
- (ii) a distal probe tip,
- (iii) a magnetic sensor proximate the distal probe tip, the magnetic sensor being configured to generate a signal corresponding to the proximity of the magnetic sensor relative to one or more magnetic particles, and
- (iv) a temperature sensor disposed in the elongate body or the distal probe tip, the temperature sensor being configured to detect an operational temperature;
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- (b) a console including a display, the console being in communication with the probe, the display having a first graphical representation and a second graphical representation, the first graphical representation being configured to depict a real-time signal strength corresponding to the signal generated by the magnetic sensor, the second graphical representation being configured to depict a target signal strength, the console being configured to adjust the real-time signal strength depicted by the first graphical representation based on the operational temperature detected by the temperature sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.