Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Paul James Fearis

Timothy Paul Harrah

Brandon Wesley Craft

Sebastian Koerner

Anant Subramaniam

Elizabeth Anne Stokley

Jerry Timothy Long, Jr

Elizabeth A Stokley

Jerry Timothy Long

A guidance device is disclosed. The device may comprise a tracking pad with a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors operable with at least one beacon on a needle to track the disposition of the needle at least when a distal end of the needle is inserted into the guiding opening. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Surgical guidance devices, systems, and methods

A guidance method comprising: placing a tracking pad adjacent a body, the tracking pad including a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors, locating a distal end of a needle inside of the guiding opening at an insertion point adjacent the body, the needle including at least one beacon, operating the plurality of sensors with the at least one beacon to track an actual disposition of the needle, establishing a target disposition for the needle, moving the needle in a direction of movement to synchronize the actual disposition with the target disposition, and inserting the distal end of the needle into the body along an insertion axis.

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Owings Mills, MD, United States of America

Paul James Fearis