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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2012
Applicant:
Stryker European Holdings I, Llc, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Inventors:
Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michel Francois Grimaud, Montrouge, FR;
Yves Lucien Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
Assignee:
STRYKER EUROPEAN HOLDINGS I, LLC, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 6/02 (2006.01); A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61M 25/0108 (2013.01); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01); A61B 6/02 (2013.01); A61B 8/0833 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02);
Abstract
An interventional device configured for placement in or near an internal organ or tissue is provided. The interventional device includes a reference portion having three or more sensor elements. In one implementation, the interventional device and associated sensor elements provide dynamic referencing of the internal organ, tissue or associated vasculature after registration of the sensor data with images and/or volumetric representations of the internal organ or tissue.