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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2003
Applicants:
Andreas Hartlep, München, DE;
Christoph Pedain, München, DE;
Raghu Raghavan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Martin Brady, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Andreas Hartlep, München, DE;
Christoph Pedain, München, DE;
Raghu Raghavan, Baltimore, MD (US);
Martin Brady, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
BrainLAB AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for identifying advantageous and non-advantageous infusion regions in the tissue includes capturing at least one of (i) functional anatomical data and (ii) structural anatomical data. The captured anatomical data is evaluated with computer assistance. Based on the evaluating step, the method includes determining infusion distribution information, such as directional and velocity information.