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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2015
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Jeremy B. Cox, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Jiaye Z. Jho, Denville, NJ (US);
Robert N. Golden, Kirkland, WA (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An integrated catheter placement system and method for placing a catheter in a patient body. The system may include a system console having a display, a tip location sensor operably connected to the system console and placed onto a body of a patient. The tip location sensor may be designed to sense a magnetic field of a first medical device. The system may also include an ECG tip confirmation component operably connected to the system console via the tip location sensor, and an ultrasound probe operably connected to the system console, the ultrasound probe including one or more magnetic sensors designed to sense a magnetic field of a second medical device different from the first medical device. The system may further include a processor associated with the console designed to utilize data relating to the magnetic field of the second medical device to determine a position and/or orientation thereof.