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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Patrick Macaulay, Windsor, CA (US);
Asha Nayak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Patrick Macaulay, Windsor, CA (US);
Asha Nayak, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Medtronic Vascular, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
Magnetic resonance image (MRI) guided tissue penetrating catheters and their methods of use. One or more MRI apparatus (e.g., one or more coils) are positioned on or in a catheter device that includes a tissue penetrator that may be used to form a penetration tract from a body lumen in which the catheter is positioned to a target location outside of that body lumen. The MRI apparatus (e.g., coil(s)) is/are used in conjunction with an MRI imaging system to indicate the position and/or rotational orientation of the penetrating catheter within the subject's body.