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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Peter Lockhart, Hants, GB;
James Alexander Rex, Hants, GB;
Roke Manor Research Limited, Hants, GB;
Abstract
A catheter tracking system as depicted in FIGS.,, and,for locating and tracking a position of a catheter head,within a part of a human or animal body,. The catheter tracking system including of a catheter,having a head,which is arranged to be conveyed through a human or animal body to a desired location, a plurality of magnetic field transducers, at least one of which is disposed on the catheter,, and others of which are located in/or around a body and which serve as reference transducers,, and a control unit which energises the plurality of magnetic field transducers. Upon processing of the magnetic field signals the position of a catheter head,with respect to reference transducers,is determined.