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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2010
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2007
Jasjit S. Suri, Roseville, CA (US);
Dinesh Kumar, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Animesh Khemka, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Jasjit S. Suri, Roseville, CA (US);
Dinesh Kumar, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Animesh Khemka, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Eigen, LLC, Grass Valley, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are devices and methods for mounting variously configured medical imaging probes to a tracker assembly for imaging applications. In one aspect, a tracker assembly provides multiple degrees of freedom for positioning a probe relative to a patient and/or maintaining a probe in a desired location for imaging purposes. The tracker generates location information that may be utilized as frame of reference information for acquired images. In another aspect a holding device allows for interfacing/holding differently configured probes in a common orientation to a predetermined frame of reference.