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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2021
Applicant:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Andrew Bzostek, Boulder, CO (US);
Daniel Dunford, Broomfield, CO (US);
Benjamin D. Ewing, Westminster, CO (US);
Amir Ghanei, Arvada, CO (US);
Bryan Wilson, Broomfield, CO (US);
Janine Benavente, Madrid, ES;
Assignee:
Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Lafayette, CO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/01 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/22 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 5/067 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/0036 (2018.08); A61B 5/01 (2013.01); A61B 5/015 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61B 5/748 (2013.01); A61B 8/00 (2013.01); A61B 18/22 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01); A61N 5/0625 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2046 (2016.02); A61B 2090/374 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02); A61N 2005/0612 (2013.01); A61N 2005/0627 (2013.01); A61N 5/067 (2021.08);
Abstract
A system including a thermal sensor with an instrument placed in a volume. The thermal sensor may be useful in determining a temperature at a surface of the instrument and a distance away from the instrument. A therapy may be performed based on a sensed temperature with the thermal sensors.