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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2017
Applicant:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Andrew Bzostek, Boulder, CO (US);
Steven L. Hartmann, Superior, CO (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); G01S 5/02 (2010.01); G01S 7/02 (2006.01); G01S 7/40 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G01S 5/02 (2013.01); G01S 7/023 (2013.01); G01S 7/40 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02);
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and system for navigating an instrument relative to a patient that can be near a field distorting feature. A localizer can generate an electromagnetic field that is sensed by a tracking device to determine a location of the tracking device with the sensed electromagnetic field. The system and related method can assist in determining whether a navigation field is distorted near a tracking device of the instrument.