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US 7,026,927 B2Granted
Receiver used in marker localization sensing system and having dithering in excitation pulses
AssigneeCalypso Medical Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJ. Nelson Wright, Laurence J. Newell
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Abstract
A receiver for determining the location of a marker that is excited with an exciting waveform. A sensing array having coils is used to sense magnetic flux from the resonating marker. The coils provide inputs to the receiver. The receiver includes a correlation processor for analyzing the inputs in a coherent manner. Further, the exciting waveform is repeated with random dithering in order to eliminate system noise.
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A system for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses are emitted in a non-periodic manner.
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A system for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- means for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- means for sensing including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- means for receiving and analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said means for receiving and analyzing acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses are emitted in a non-periodic manner.
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A method for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- providing an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- providing a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- providing a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses are emitted in a non-periodic manner.
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A system for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses have a random starting polarity.
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A method for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- providing an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- providing a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- providing a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses have a random starting polarity.
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A system for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses have a random starting phase.
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A method for locating a marker associated with a patient comprising:
- providing an excitation source for emitting a series of exciting pulses, each exciting pulse emitted during an excitation interval, said exciting pulse causing said marker to resonate;
- providing a sensing array including a plurality of sensing coils, said sensing coils adapted for sensing a resonance signal of said marker and outputting a plurality of inputs during a observation interval that occurs following said excitation interval;
- and
- providing a receiver for analyzing said plurality of inputs to remove noise from said plurality of inputs, said receiver acting on said plurality of inputs provided during said observation interval,
- wherein said exciting pulses have a random starting phase.
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