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US 2020/0345424 A1Published application
Nasal Patient Tracking Device and Method of Using the Same
AssigneeMedtronic Navigation, Inc.
InventorStefan Wolfsberger
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Abstract
A patient tracking device for insertion into a body cavity includes a flexible conformable sensor housing having a sensor cavity therein. The housing conforms to the body cavity when inserted therein. A sensor is disposed within the housing.
Claims24
A patient tracking device for insertion into a body cavity comprising:
- a flexible conformable sensor housing comprising a sensor cavity therein, wherein the housing conforms to the body cavity when inserted therein;
- and
- a sensor disposed within the housing.
A method comprising:
- determining a body cavity for receiving a flexible resilient sensor housing;
- determining a sensor housing corresponding the body cavity;
- inserting the sensor housing having a sensor within a sensor cavity of the housing into the body cavity;
- conforming the sensor housing to a shape of the body cavity;
- collecting position data of the body cavity from the sensor;
- maintaining registration of an image space to a patient space in response to the position data;
- and
- displaying a navigated location.
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A method of forming a patient tracking device comprising:
- forming a sensor cavity within a flexible conformable housing sized to fit within a body cavity;
- inserting an electromagnetic sensor within the sensor cavity;
- and
- retaining the electromagnetic sensor within the sensor cavity.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.