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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ryan P. Lahm, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Ronald Alan Drake, Saint Louis Park, MN (US);
Eric A. Schilling, Ham Lake, MN (US);
Brian W. Schousek, Houlton, WI (US);
Mark W. Shepler, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Lester O. Stener, Hudson, WI (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A high contrast instrument, such as a radiopaque portion, can be captured and/or viewed in an image that is acquired with an imaging system, such as with a fluoroscopic imaging system. A statistical model can be used to assist in identifying a possible or probable location of a target. A user may move the instrument coil to the statistically probable location of the target to, for example, perform a procedure or carry out a task.