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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
May. 16, 2018
Sheng Xu, Rockville, MD (US);
Bradford J. Wood, Bethesda, MD (US);
Tsz Ho Tse, Marietta, GA (US);
The United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
An instrument tracker includes a case having an interior and exterior with a plurality of instrument seats, an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and a controller. The IMU and controller are arranged within the interior of the case and the controller is disposed in communication with the IMU and is responsive to instructions recorded on a memory to receive position information from the IMU, determine at least one of position and orientation of an instrument fixed relative to the case by the plurality of instrument seats using the position information received from the IMU, and transmit the at least one of position and orientation to a display device for displaying position and orientation of the instrument relative to a predetermined insertion path through a subject between an entry point on the surface of the subject and a region of interest within the interior of the subject. Instrument tracking systems and methods tracking position of instruments are also described.