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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2020
Filed:
May. 19, 2017
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Morgan L. Hill, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jeetendra S. Bharadwaj, Lafayette, CO (US);
Flor De Maria R. Nonalaya, Longmont, CO (US);
Eric W. Larson, Littleton, CO (US);
Kathy E. Rooks, Longmont, CO (US);
Richard A. Willyard, Loveland, CO (US);
Robert J. Behnke, II, Erie, CO (US);
Nikhil P. Mankar, Pune, IN;
Darren G. Girotto, Louisville, CO (US);
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Abstract
A system includes an energy source configured to generate therapeutic energy, a treatment probe, an ultrasound imaging device configured to generate ultrasound images, a second tracking sensor configured to track a location of the ultrasound imaging device, and a tracking system configured to receive location information from the first and second tracking sensors and to overlay the ultrasound images with a graphical representation of the treatment probe on a display based on the location information. The treatment probe includes an antenna configured to treat tissue with the therapeutic energy and a first tracking sensor integrated in the antenna and configured to track a location of a distal tip of the antenna.