Patent · US Expired

Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes

US6332089A · kind A · utility

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88References

31Claims

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Assignee

Biosense, Inc. · US

Inventors

David Acker · Setauket, US
Assaf Govari · Haifa, IL
Maier Fenster · Netanya, IL
Avishai Shapiro · Setauket, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 18, 1998
Grant date	Dec 18, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 18, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N5/1064
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A medical probe such as a catheter (20) is guided within the body of a patient by determining the relative positions of the probe relative to another probe, as by transmitting non-ionizing radiation to or from field transducers (30, 230) mounted on both probes. In one embodiment, a site probe (28) is secured to a lesion within the body, and an instrument probe (200) for treating the lesion may be guided to the lesion by monitoring relative positions of the probes. Two or more probes may be coordinated with one another to perform a medical procedure.

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