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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2013
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Eigil Samset, Oppegård, NO;
Geir Ultveit Haugen, Stabekk, NO;
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/08 (2006.01); A61B 8/12 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 8/0841 (2013.01); A61B 8/12 (2013.01); A61B 8/4227 (2013.01); A61B 8/4263 (2013.01); A61B 8/4281 (2013.01); A61B 8/4416 (2013.01); A61B 8/4472 (2013.01); A61B 8/4483 (2013.01); A61B 8/4494 (2013.01); A61B 8/463 (2013.01); A61B 8/5207 (2013.01); A61B 8/5261 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2063 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/363 (2016.02); A61B 2090/364 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3784 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3929 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02);
Abstract
A system and method for tracking an invasive device includes a localization system configured to be externally attached to a patient. The localization system includes a transducer module including a plurality of transducer elements. The system and method includes an invasive device including at least one device transducer element. The invasive device is configured to either transmit ultrasound position signals to the transducer module or receive ultrasound position signals from the transducer module.