Title:
METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PERFORMING MEDICAL PROCEDURES WITH REFERENCE TO PROJECTIVE IMAGES AND WITH RESPECT TO PRE-STORED IMAGES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001054579
Kind Code:
A9
Abstract:
A catheter (26) is navigated within a body cavity (28) of a patient (24). This navigation is enabled by the provision of the transmitter (30) of electromagnetic radiation under platform (34), a receiver (40) of electromagnetic radiation rigidly attached to fluoroscope (22), and a receiver (32) of radiation rigidly attached to the catheter (26), all three of which are connected by wires (51) to a computer (50). The computer (50) displays, on a display unit (48), the image of the body cavity (28) acquired by the fluoroscope (22), with an icon representing the catheter (26) superposed on the image in the location and orientation of catheter (26) relative to the body (28). There is no representational imaging device equipped with a receiver in the apparatus of the current invention.
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Inventors:
GILBOA PINHAS (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/000074
Publication Date:
July 18, 2002
Filing Date:
January 02, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUPER DIMENSION LTD (IL)
GILBOA PINHAS (IL)
FRIEDMAN MARK M (IL)
GILBOA PINHAS (IL)
FRIEDMAN MARK M (IL)
International Classes:
A61B6/00; A61M25/095; A61B5/06; A61B5/11; (IPC1-7): A61B5/055
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