Combined catheter and input device
AssigneeSuper Dimension Ltd.
InventorsDavid Tolkowsky, Pinhas Gilboa
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Abstract
A combined catheter and input device for use by a medical practitioner to designate points of interest reached by the device includes a catheter and a location sensing system. The location sensing system, which includes at least one element associated with a distal portion of the catheter, determines a position of at least one point on the distal portion. An input device is mounted at the proximal portion and configured to be manually actuated to designate a current position of the at least one point as a point of interest.
Claims2
A combined catheter and input device for use by a medical practitioner to designate points of interest reached by the device within the body of a patient, the device comprising:
- (a) a catheter having a distal portion for insertion into the body and a proximal portion configured to be held by the practitioner;
- (b) a location sensing system including at least one element associated with said distal portion of said catheter, said location sensing system determining a position of at least one point on said distal portion;
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- (c) an input device mounted at said proximal portion and configured to be manually actuated to designate a current position of said at least one point as a point of interest.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.