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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2010
Applicants:
Andreas Hartlep, Weyarn, DE;
Christoph Pedain, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Andreas Hartlep, Weyarn, DE;
Christoph Pedain, Munich, DE;
Assignee:
Brainlab AG, Feldkirchen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 31/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A catheter having an outer profile which is formed such that a path length along an outer surface of the catheter is greater than the corresponding length of the catheter, and to a method for determining the shape of a catheter, and wherein the elasticity and/or conductivity of the tissue into which the catheter is to be introduced is taken into account in order to determine the outer profile of the catheter.