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Patent No.:

US 10667869 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020

Filed:

May. 17, 2017

Guidance system for needle procedures

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Francois Kotian, Buc, FR;

Thomas McCarthy, Paris, FR;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:

Bill Thomson

Assistant Examiner:

Aminah Asghar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/13 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 6/5205 (2013.01); A61B 6/587 (2013.01); A61B 6/589 (2013.01); A61B 90/13 (2016.02); A61B 90/36 (2016.02); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02); A61B 2090/367 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3966 (2016.02); A61B 2090/502 (2016.02);
Abstract

Systems and methods for surgical tool navigation, include a movable gantry. A light emitting device is connected to the movable gantry. A range meter connected to the gantry. The distance meter measures a distance between the light emitting device and a surface. In a method of surgical tool navigation, the light emitting device projects light on the surface. The range meter detects the light and measures the distance between the light emitting device and the surface.

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