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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
May. 27, 2008
Assaf Bernstein, Givaat-Nily, IL;
Uriel Weinstein, Mazkeret Batia, IL;
Vered Cohen Sharvit, Jerusalem, IL;
Dov Oppenheim, Jerusalem, IL;
Assaf Bernstein, Givaat-Nily, IL;
Uriel Weinstein, Mazkeret Batia, IL;
Vered Cohen Sharvit, Jerusalem, IL;
Dov Oppenheim, Jerusalem, IL;
Kyma Medical Technologies, Ltd., Kfar Saba, IL;
Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for determining and tracking location of a metallic object in a living body, and then directing a second modality such as ultrasound waves to the determined location. The metal detector may be a radar detector adapted to operate on a living body. The adaption may include disposing a transfer material having electromagnetic properties similar to the body between the radar detector and the living body, ECG gating the radar detector, and/or employing an optimal estimator with a model of expected stent movement in a living body. Applications include determination of extent of in-stent restenosis, performing therapeutic thrombolysis, or determining operational features of a metallic implant.