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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2011
Applicants:
Willet F. Whitmore, Iii, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Craig J. Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Inventors:
Willet F. Whitmore, III, Longboat Key, FL (US);
Craig J. Cermak, Riverside, IA (US);
Assignee:
CIVCO Medical Instruments Co., Inc., Kalona, IA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 8/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An EMT system for use in ultrasound and other imaging modality guided medical procedures. The system includes a tool set of various components to which EM sensors can be releasably secured. Thus, the sensors can be reused, notwithstanding the disposal of other components of the tool set. Various components of the tool set include keying elements to facilitate their registration to the anatomy of the patient undergoing the procedure via the EM sensors.