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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2013
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Dirk Binnekamp, Borne, NL;
Leonardus Jozef Lucas Maria Koch, Eindhoven, NL;
Funda Sahin Nomaler, Eindhoven, NL;
Aditya Mehendale, Geldrop, NL;
Maurice Hubertus Elisabeth Van Der Beek, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A treatment device () and a treatment system are provided. The treatment device () is suitable for temporarily or permanently placing a therapeutic device () in a part of a corpus of a living being. The treatment device () comprises an elongated body () for being inserted in the part of the corpus. The elongated body () comprises a channel () and an impedance sensor element (). The channel () is for guiding the therapeutic device () to a specific position (PI) within the channel () and/or for holding the therapeutic device () at a specific position (PI) within the channel (). The impedance sensor element () is configured to be coupled to a detection device for detecting the presence of the therapeutic device () at the specific position (PI) on basis of a change of a signal provided by the impedance sensor element ().