Medical examination and/or treatment system
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorMichael Maschke
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Abstract
A medical examination and/or treatment system has an X-ray image exposure system with a radiation source, a radiation receiver as well as a control and processing device that controls them, a catheter system with a catheter with at least one element in the catheter tip that generates a magnetic field and a device for generating an external magnetic field for guiding the movement of the catheter introduced into a patient by interaction with the magnetic field generated by the element at the catheter tip, as well as an ultrasound image exposure system having a device integrated in the catheter tip for generating and for receiving ultrasound and having a control and processing device that controls this device.
Claims13
A medical system for examination or treatment of a patient, comprising:
- an x-ray imaging system comprising a radiation source, a radiation receiver, and an x-ray control and processing device for controlling said radiation source and said radiation receiver and for generating signals representing an x-ray image of a patient;
- a catheter system comprising a catheter adapted for insertion in said patient, said catheter having a catheter tip at which an element is disposed which generates a magnetic field, and a magnetic field generating device for generating a magnetic field externally of said patient for interacting with said magnetic field generated by said element at said catheter tip for moving said catheter within said patient;
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- an ultrasound imaging system including an ultrasound element integrated at said catheter tip for generating and receiving ultrasound, and an ultrasound control and processing device connected to said ultrasound element for generating signals representing an ultrasound image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.