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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan J. Knutson, Long Lake, MN (US);
Evan M. Gustafson, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 34/71 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61M 25/0147 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system of detecting a position and orientation of the catheter in five degrees of freedom (5DOF) in a first position and in a second position and calculating a sixth degree of freedom of the catheter based on a difference in the detected 5DOF position and orientation of the catheter in the first position and the detected 5DOF position and orientation in the second position.