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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7668584 | Interface apparatus for passive tracking systems and method of use thereof An interface apparatus (20) for tracking by a tracking system (40) of an object(s) in space for position and orientation and for interacting with the tracking system (40). The interface apparatus (30) comprises passive detectable devices ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7668583 | Method and apparatus for control and location of an instrument or appliance The invention relates to an apparatus for location of an instrument or appliance having at least one magnet which produces a magnetic moment at right angles to the appliance shaft and can be rotated independently of the instrument or appliance. This results in a loc... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7660623 | Six degree of freedom alignment display for medical procedures A display and navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient includes a tracking sensor, a tracking device and display. The tracking sensor is associated with the medical device and is used to track the medical device. The tracking de... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660624 | Method and x-ray system for detecting position changes of a medical implant In a method and apparatus to detect position changes of an implant x-ray detectable markers are arranged in the environment of the implant, and 2D x-ray exposures are obtained at temporal intervals of a region containing the implant in which a distribution of the ma... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7660625 | Catheter with compactly terminated electronic component A cable assembly includes an elongated catheter defining a lumen. A cable within the lumen has at least first and second electrically independent conductors. A first electrical component is connected to the catheter and has a first lead and second lead. The first le... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7657302 | Guided radiation therapy system A system and method for accurately locating and tracking the position of a target, such as a tumor or the like, within a body. In one embodiment, the system is a target locating and monitoring system usable with a radiation delivery source that delivers selected dos... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657301 | Guided radiation therapy system A system and method for accurately locating and tracking the position of a target, such as a tumor or the like, within a body. In one embodiment, the system is a target locating and monitoring system usable with a radiation delivery source that delivers selected dos... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657300 | Registration of human anatomy integrated for electromagnetic localization A method for use during a procedure on a body. The method generates a display representing relative positions of two structures during the procedure. The method comprises the steps of storing an image data set in memory, the image data set representing the position ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7657303 | Guided radiation therapy system A system and method for accurately locating and tracking the position of a target, such as a tumor or the like, within a body. In one embodiment, the system is a target locating and monitoring system usable with a radiation delivery source that delivers selected dos... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7650178 | Magnetic field sensor-based navigation system to track MR image-guided interventional procedures A magnetic sensor navigation system is disclosed, which includes: (a) a magnetic sensor array, including one or more magnetic non-Faradaic sensors; (b) a sensor interface operatively connected to receive a signal from each sensor of the array, wherein the sensor int... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7643865 | Autonomous in-vivo device The present invention may provide a system, method and device containing a motor. The motor may propel an in-vivo device by rotating a propeller situated for example outside of an outer shell of such device with an electromagnetic field generated by for example a pl... | 01/05/2010 |
| RE41066 | Method and system for navigating a catheter probe A system for navigating a catheter probe through a body cavity includes a sensing coil affixed to a distal end of the probe. Magnetic fields are projected into the body cavity to induce voltage signals in the sensing coil that are sufficient to describe the orientat... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636595 | Method and apparatus for calibrating non-linear instruments A method and apparatus for performing a calibration and navigation of a member. The member may be calibrated relative to a selected portion, such as a sensor on an instrument. The calibrated member may then be navigated with a selected system. The calibration techni... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7634305 | Method and apparatus for size analysis in an in vivo imaging system A device, system and method for capturing in-vivo images allows for size or distance estimations for objects within the images. A scale may be overlayed on or otherwise added to the images and, based on a comparison between the scale and an image of an object, the s... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7634304 | Method and apparatus for lesion localization, definition and verification A method and apparatus for lesion or organ definition for the purpose of radiation treatment planning localization and treatment position verification. The apparatus uses a combination of an ultrasound imaging system and a diagnostic imaging system to acquire locali... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7627361 | Methods and apparatus for steering medical device in body lumens A method of operating a navigation system that can orient the distal end of a medical device in a selected direction to navigate the medical device through a network of body lumens in an operating region in a subject that includes identifying a path through the netw... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623904 | Medical apparatus, medical apparatus guide system, capsule type medical apparatus, and capsule type medical apparatus guide apparatus In a capsule 3 as a medical apparatus inserted into a body cavity, the lengthwise direction of the capsule 3 is used as an insert axis, a manipulation/input device 8, which is magnetized in a direction orthogonal to the insert axis, is disposed ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623903 | Double contrast technique for MRI-guided vascular interventions A method to detect the location of a catheter relative to a targeted location in a blood vessel is provided. One example method includes acquiring and displaying magnetic resonance (MR) images while a first MR contrast agent is present and while the operation of tha... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7616982 | Determination and application of location and angular orientation of a pill transmitter within a body A mobile pill transmitter system that moves through or adjacent to one or more organs in an animal's body and that provides signals from which the pill's present location and/or present angular orientation can be determined. The system also provides signals from whi... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7613497 | Energy transfer amplification for intrabody devices Apparatus for driving current in a power circuit of a medical device inserted into a body of a subject includes a power transmitter, which is adapted to generate, in a vicinity of the body, an electromagnetic field having a predetermined frequency capable of inducti... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610078 | System and method of graphically generating anatomical structures using ultrasound echo information Methods and systems for graphically creating a representation of an anatomical structure, such as a heart, is provided. The distal end of an elongated probe is moved within the anatomical structure, and geometric shapes are defined within a coordinate system. By def... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7603160 | Intra-subject position display system An intra-subject position display system for displaying a position of an intra-subject device, which is introduced into a subject and moves therein, wherein a relative position of the intra-subject device to an outer surface of the subject is detected and displayed.... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7603159 | Method for transcutaneous catheter guiding The invention relates to a method of determining the position of a catheter introduced along a guide wire inserted into a body, in which method an image of the guide wire and the body region at the area of the guide wire is acquired by means of an imaging method, th... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7603161 | Position detection in a magnetic field This patent document discusses assemblies and methods for remotely detecting a position of a surgical instrument in the presence of a magnetic field. In varying examples, a position detection system includes an encoder coupled to move in concert with the instrument.... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599730 | Navigation system for cardiac therapies An image guided catheter navigation system for navigating a region of a patient includes an imaging device, a tracking device, a controller, and a display. The imaging device generates images of the region of the patient. The tracking device tracks the location of t... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596403 | System and method for determining path lengths through a body lumen A system and method for determining the path length through a body lumen, for example to a specified location, is described. A location detection system may identify the location in space of an in-vivo device over time. A path-length detection unit may use data from... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7590442 | Method for determining the position of an instrument with an x-ray system The present invention relates to a method for determining the position of an instrument in a structure of an object with an x-ray system, in which a 3D image data record is provided for at least one area of the object relevant for determining the position, the x-ray... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590441 | Invasive medical device with position sensing and display Apparatus for performing a medical procedure on a tissue within a body of a subject includes a wireless tag configured to be fixed to the tissue and adapted to emit radiation, thereby causing first signals to be generated indicative of a location of the tag in the b... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7580739 | System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject A system includes a device swallowed, passing through a subject, and including a constant magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field; and a position transducer. The position transducer includes a magnetic detector, a calibration magnetic field gen... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7567834 | Method and apparatus for implantation between two vertebral bodies A method and system to assist in a planning and navigation of procedure. Generally, the system allows for image acquisition of a selected area of the anatomy. The images may then be used to mark various points to determine true anatomical definitions and planes. The... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7567833 | Enhanced illumination device and method A light source illuminates a field of interest that includes an illumination module capable of projecting illumination light to the field of interest and a light projector associated with the illumination module. The light source also includes an input device associ... | 07/28/2009 |
| RE40852 | Method and system for navigating a catheter probe A system for navigating a catheter probe through a body cavity includes a sensing coil affixed to a distal end of the probe. Magnetic fields are projected into the body cavity to induce voltage signals in the sensing coil that are sufficient to describe the orientat... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7558616 | Guidance of invasive medical procedures using implantable tags Apparatus for locating a tissue within a body of a subject includes an acoustic tag configured to be fixed to the tissue and adapted, responsive to acoustic waves incident thereon, to return acoustic echoes. Acoustic transducers are placed at respective positions so... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7555331 | Method for surgical navigation utilizing scale-invariant registration between a navigation system and a localization system A system for navigating a medical device through the lumens and cavities in an operating region in a subject, comprising an imaging system for displaying an image of the operating region, including a representation of the distal end of the medical device in the oper... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7555330 | Intrabody navigation system for medical applications A system and method for tracking the position and orientation of a probe. Three at least partly overlapping planar antennas are used to transmit electromagnetic radiation simultaneously, with the radiation transmitted by each antenna having its own spectrum. A recei... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7551955 | Device, system and method for image based size analysis A device, system and method for calculating a size of an object using images acquired by a typically moving imager, for example in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. A distance traveled by the moving imager during image capture may be determined, and spatial coordinat... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7536217 | System for detecting position of capsule endoscope in subject A system is for detecting a position of a device. The device is swallowed, passes through a subject, and includes a magnetic field generator generating a constant magnetic field. The system also includes a position transducer including a magnetic detector and a posi... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7536218 | Hybrid magnetic-based and impedance-based position sensing A position sensing system includes a probe adapted to be introduced into a body cavity of a subject. The probe includes a magnetic field transducer and at least one probe electrodes. A control unit is configured to measure position coordinates of the probe using the... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7519415 | Method and apparatus for image support of an operative procedure implemented with a medical instrument In a method and apparatus for image support of an operative procedure implemented with a medical instrument, a two-dimensional x-ray image of a volume region to be treated is generated and stored with a C-arm x-ray apparatus in at least one pivot position of the C-a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7519414 | Method and apparatus for visualization of 2D/3D fused image data for catheter angiography In an image post-processing method and apparatus for 3D visualization of 2D/3D fused image data for use in catheter angiography in an endovascular interventional procedure, upon forward movement of a micro-catheter through blood vessel in the interventional procedur... | 04/14/2009 |