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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Emanuel Mendes, Petah Tikvah, IL;
David Mendes, Haifa, IL;
Ruth Beer, Haifa, IL;
Gilad Barak, Hanagid, IL;
Assignee:
IntelliJoint Systems Ltd., Haifa, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 ; G01B 7/14 ; A61B 5/103 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01B 7/00 ; G01B 7/14 ; A61B 5/103 ;
Abstract
A distance measurement system, comprising at least one resonant circuit, at least one magnetic element with predetermined magnetic properties, a transmitter operable to transmit an electromagnetic pulse, a receiver operable to detect oscillations emitted by said resonant circuit in response to said electromagnetic pulse, and an analyzer operable to analyze an amplitude envelope property of said oscillations, to thereby determine a distance between the resonant circuit and the magnetic element.