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Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025

Filed:

Jul. 08, 2021
Applicant:

Endomagnetics Ltd, Cambridge, GB;

Inventors:

Quentin John Harmer, Cambridge, GB;

Kevin Lorimer, Cambridge, GB;

Matthew James Stephens, Cambridge, GB;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2018/00297 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02);
Abstract

A method for detecting a marker in a body, comprising receiving an input signal from a probe, where the input signal is generated by a probe in response to detecting a marker signal from the marker; determining a marker proximity value based on the input signal, the marker proximity value corresponds to a distance between the probe and the marker; generating a feedback signal for output by a user interface device based on the marker proximity value, and outputting feedback signal, wherein range of the marker proximity value is divided into predetermined distance bands; and wherein at least one parameter of the feedback signal, or a rate of change of the at least one parameter of the feedback signal in relation to marker proximity value, is varied discontinuously at a boundary between at least two adjacent bands. The feedback signal may be an audio signal and/or a haptic signal.


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