Methods for using an implantable sensor unit
AssigneeSicel Technologies, Inc.
InventorsChristopher J. Rini, Robert D. Black
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Abstract
A method for obtaining data using an implantable sensor unit in a body of a patient includes: implanting the sensor unit in the body; conducting an imaging procedure on the body such that the sensor unit in the body serves as a fiducial marker; detecting a parameter using the sensor unit in the body; and transmitting data associated with the detected parameter from the sensor unit to a remote receiver unit.
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A method for obtaining data using an implantable sensor unit in a body of a patient, the method comprising:
- a) implanting the sensor unit in the body at a position adjacent or in a cancerous tumor;
- b) conducting an imaging procedure on the body, including using the sensor unit in the body as a fiducial marker;
- c) detecting externally generated radiation using the sensor unit in the body;
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- d) transmitting data used to measure the detected externally generated radiation from the sensor unit to a remote receiver unit.
A method for obtaining data using a plurality of implantable sensor units in a body of a patient, the method comprising:
- implanting a first sensor unit in the body at a first position adjacent or in a cancerous tumor, the first sensor unit having a first sensor housing;
- implanting a second sensor unit in the body at a second position spaced apart from the first sensor unit, the second sensor unit having a second sensor housing;
- conducting an imaging procedure on the body, including using the first and second sensor units in the body as fiducial markers;
- detecting a parameter using at least one of the first and second sensor units in the body;
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- transmitting data associated with the parameter from the at least one of the first and second sensor units to a remote receiver unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.