Adaptable Image Guided Delivery System
AssigneeMedtronic, Inc.
InventorsKenneth C. Gardeski, Sonar Shah, Michael R. Neidert
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Abstract
A navigation element for delivery of a therapy delivery system and method of enabling navigation of a therapy delivery system. The navigation element for a therapy delivery system comprises a flexible elongate tubular sheath having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the lumen of the tubular body being sized to fit over a catheter; and an electromagnetic receiver assembly within the tubular body, the receiver assembly comprising a receiver coil and a conductor coupled to the receiver coil, the conductor coupled to the receiver coil and extending towards a proximal end of the tubular sheath.
Claims20
A navigation element for a therapy delivery system comprising:
- a flexible elongate tubular sheath having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the lumen of the tubular body being sized to fit over a catheter;
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- an electromagnetic receiver assembly within the tubular body, the receiver assembly comprising a receiver coil and a conductor coupled to the receiver coil, the conductor coupled to the receiver coil and extending towards a proximal end of the tubular sheath.
A navigation element for a therapy delivery system made comprising:
- an inner tubular body having an interior surface and an exterior surface and having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the lumen being sized to fit over an elongate medical device;
- an electromagnetic receiver assembly comprising a receiver coil wound around a portion of the exterior surface of the inner tubular body;
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- an outer tubular body having a an interior surface and an exterior surface and having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, the interior surface of the outer tubular body being adjoined to the exterior surface of the inner tubular body and the electromagnetic receiver assembly.
A method of enabling navigation of a catheter comprising:
- providing a navigation element, the navigation element including a flexible elongate tubular sheath having a lumen extending longitudinally therethrough and having an electromagnetic receiver assembly within the tubular body, the electromagnetic receiver assembly including a receiver coil positioned proximate to a distal end of the navigation element;
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- inserting the catheter into the lumen of the navigation element such that the receiver coil is positioned in proximity to a distal end of the catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.