Medical Device Having a Reusable Position Sensor
AssigneeBiosense Webster (Israel) Ltd.
InventorsYehuda Algawi, Assaf Govari, IIya Sitnitsky
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Abstract
A medical device includes a disposable Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) tool, a reusable handle, and a processor. The ENT tool is configured to perform a medical procedure in a patient ENT organ. The reusable handle is configured to hold and control the disposable ENT tool, and includes a position sensor configured to produce one or more position signals that are indicative of a first position of the reusable handle. The processor is configured to receive the position signals from the position sensor, and to estimate, based on the position signals, a second position of the disposable ENT tool in the patient ENT organ.
Claims12
A medical device, comprising:
- a disposable Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) tool, which is configured to perform a medical procedure in a patient ENT organ;
- a reusable handle, which is configured to hold and control the disposable ENT tool, and which comprises a position sensor configured to produce one or more position signals that are indicative of a first position of the reusable handle;
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- a processor, which is configured to receive the position signals from the position sensor, and to estimate, based on the position signals, a second position of the disposable ENT tool in the patient ENT organ.
A method, comprising:
- inserting into a patient body a disposable Ear-Nose-Throat (ENT) tool that applies a medical procedure in a patient ENT organ;
- receiving from a position sensor, which is coupled to a reusable handle that is external to the patient ENT organ and holds and controls the ENT tool, one or more position signals that are indicative of a first position of the reusable handle;
- estimating, based on the first position signals, a second position of the disposable ENT tool in the patient ENT organ;
- navigating the disposable ENT tool to a target location in the patient ENT organ by setting the second position at the target location;
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- applying the medical procedure at the target location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.