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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 11, 2006
Applicant:
Raju R. Viswanathan, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventor:
Raju R. Viswanathan, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/103 (2006.01); A61B 5/117 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for establishing contact of a medical device against a tissue surface within a subject body, the method comprising determination of the geometrical configuration of the distal portion of the medical device, and using this together with known control variable information to determine and control the contact force of the distal tip of the medical device against the tissue surface.