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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2022
Filed:
May. 03, 2017
Applicant:
St. Jude Medical International Holding S.á R.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
St. Jude Medical International Holding S.à r.l., Luxembourg, LU;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/7253 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01);
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure identify and correct for magnetic field distortions within a magnetic field for localization of a medical device within a patient. Such magnetic field distortions, often associated with the intrusion of a metallic object into the magnetic field, may cause an unacceptable level of localization error which aspects of the present disclosure correct for.