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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 30, 2003
Applicants:

Mark Hunter, Broomfield, CO (US);

Greg Rutz, Boulder, CO (US);

Torsten Lyon, Broomfield, CO (US);

Inventors:

Mark Hunter, Broomfield, CO (US);

Greg Rutz, Boulder, CO (US);

Torsten Lyon, Broomfield, CO (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic Navigation, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); G06T 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A display and navigation system for use in guiding a medical device to a target in a patient includes a tracking sensor, a tracking device and display. The tracking sensor is associated with the medical device and is used to track the medical device. The tracking device tracks the medical device with the tracking sensor. The display includes indicia illustrating at least five degree of freedom information and indicia of the medical device in relation to the five degree of freedom information.

Published as:
EP1442715A2; US2004152970A1; US2004152972A1; EP1442715A3; EP1442715B1; ATE366084T1; DE602004007307D1; EP1836978A1; EP1844719A2; EP1844726A2; EP1844719A3; DE602004007307T2; EP1844726A3; US7660623B2; EP1844719B1; ATE499051T1; DE602004031565D1; EP1836978B1; ATE515235T1; EP1844726B1; ATE520367T1; US9867721B2; US2018153709A1; US2018280159A1; US11684491B2; US11707363B2;

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