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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2007
Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michel Francois Grimaud, Montrouge, FR;
Yves Lucien Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
Daniel Eduardo Groszmann, Cambridge, MA (US);
Michel Francois Grimaud, Montrouge, FR;
Yves Lucien Trousset, Palaiseau, FR;
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
An interventional device configured for placement in or near an internal organ or tissue is provided. The interventional device includes a reference portion having three or more sensor elements. In one implementation, the interventional device and associated sensor elements provide dynamic referencing of the internal organ, tissue or associated vasculature after registration of the sensor data with images and/or volumetric representations of the internal organ or tissue.