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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2010
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 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided for establishing contact of a medical device against a three-dimensional surface geometry within a subject body, the method comprising obtaining a three-dimensional tissue surface geometry of an anatomical region within the subject body, obtaining a target location on the surface for the device to contact, determining local surface geometry information in a neighborhood of the target location, and using this information to determine a change of at least one control variable for effecting an over-torque of the medical device to enhance contact of the device with the target surface.