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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 27, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2003
Avner Adoram, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Benny Pesach, Rosh-Ha'ayin, IL;
Ron Nagar, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Shai Ashkenazi, Rehovot, IL;
Michal Balberg, Jerusalem, IL;
Avner Adoram, Ramat Hasharon, IL;
Benny Pesach, Rosh-Ha'ayin, IL;
Ron Nagar, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Shai Ashkenazi, Rehovot, IL;
Michal Balberg, Jerusalem, IL;
Glucon Medical Ltd, Petach-Tikva, IL;
Abstract
A system for monitoring a position of an instrument in a subject includes a light transmission medium configured to transmit light pulses to a desired region to produce an acoustic signal, at least one ultrasound sensor configured to receive the acoustic signal and to produce a transduced signal from the acoustic signal, and a processing unit connected to the at least one ultrasound sensor and configured to locate a source of the acoustic signal using the transduced signal.