Ultrasound tracking apparatus for disposable biopsy needles
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsShyam BHARAT, Ramon QUIDO ERKAMP, Ameet Kumar JAIN, Francois Guy Gerard VIGNON
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A system for tracking a medical device includes an introducer (20). Two or more sensors (22) are disposed along a length of the introducer and are spaced apart along the length. An interface (32) is configured to connect to the introducer such that the introducer and the interface operatively couple to and support the medical device wherein the two or more sensors are configured to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the medical device using medical imaging.
Claims25
A system for tracking a medical device, comprising:
- an introducer;
- two or more sensors disposed along a length of the introducer and being spaced apart along the length;
- and
- an interface configured to connect to the introducer such that the introducer and the interface operatively couple to and support the medical device wherein the two or more sensors are configured to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the medical device using medical imaging.
A system for tracking a medical device, comprising:
- an introducer;
- two or more sensors disposed along a length of the introducer and being spaced apart along the length;
- an interface configured to connect to the introducer such that the introducer and the interface operatively couple to and support the medical device wherein the two or more sensors are configured to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the medical device;
- and
- an interpretation module configured to receive the feedback and generate image information for indicating a position and orientation of the introducer in an image.
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
(canceled)
A method for tracking a medical device, comprising:
- providing an introducer with two or more sensors disposed along a length of the introducer and being spaced apart along the length, the introducer being coupled to an interface;
- operatively supporting the medical device by the introducer and the interface;
- and
- receiving signals from a subject by the two or more sensors which are configured to provide feedback for positioning and orienting the medical device in a medical image.
(canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.