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Minimally invasive medical system employing a magnetically controlled endo-robot

US8187166B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Rainer Kuth · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
Thomas Rupprecht · Uttenreuth, DE
Maren Wagner · Erlangen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2002
Grant date	May 29, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2034/732
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A system for the implementation of minimally invasive diagnoses and interventions in the inside of the body of a patient has an endo-robot that has a linear magnet and carries measurement instruments and/or instruments for taking specimens and/or for treatment. The endo-robot is freely mobile within the body of a patient. A magnet system accepts the examination region of the patient and generates a 3D gradient field for remotely-controls movement and orientation of the endo-robot in the patient's body by interaction with the linear magnet.

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