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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2022
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventors:
Jerry Timothy Long, Jr., Concord, MA (US);
Timothy Paul Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US);
Brandon W. Craft, Edgewater, MD (US);
Elizabeth A. Stokley, Raleigh, NC (US);
Sebastian Koerner, Berlin, DE;
Anant Subramaniam, Brighton, MA (US);
Paul James Fearis, Owings Mills, MD (US);
Assignee:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01); A61B 90/13 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/3403 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/11 (2016.02); A61B 90/13 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00039 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00199 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00221 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3407 (2013.01); A61B 2017/3413 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2053 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3945 (2016.02);
Abstract
A guidance device is disclosed. The device may comprise a tracking pad with a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors operable with at least one beacon on a needle to track the disposition of the needle at least when a distal end of the needle is inserted into the guiding opening. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.