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Image-guided navigation for catheter-based interventions

US8600477B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateAug 16, 2005
Grant dateDec 3, 2013
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Expiry dateMar 3, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61B2505/05
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A navigation system for catheter-based interventions, the system comprising a processing device; an angiogram x-ray system connected by data transfer connection to the processing device and capable of capturing angiographic images of a patient; an electrocardiogram monitoring device that is also connected by data transfer connection to the processing device and to the x-ray system; a medical instrument to be inserted into the area of the patient captured by the angiographic image; a position capture module for getting position information about the position of the medical instrument, the unit connected by data transfer connection to the processing device, wherein the processing device is capable of triggering the capturing of the angiographic images as a roadmap and superimposing on the roadmap the position information about the medical instrument.

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