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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2011
Scott L. Kalpin, Harris, MN (US);
Andrew Bzostek, Erie, CO (US);
Steven L. Hartmann, Superior, CO (US);
Matthew W. Koenig, Dacono, CO (US);
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Scott A. Sarkinen, Greenfield, MN (US);
Peter J. Borowitz, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
Bradley A. Jascob, Broomfield, CO (US);
Scott L. Kalpin, Harris, MN (US);
Andrew Bzostek, Erie, CO (US);
Steven L. Hartmann, Superior, CO (US);
Matthew W. Koenig, Dacono, CO (US);
Brad Jacobsen, Erie, CO (US);
Scott A. Sarkinen, Greenfield, MN (US);
Peter J. Borowitz, Spring Lake Park, MN (US);
Bradley A. Jascob, Broomfield, CO (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A system can include an implantable device, an instrument, a display device and a processor. The implantable device can include a port and a localizer for generating a navigation field. The instrument can include a tracking device for sensing the navigation field. The processor can be operably coupled to the tracking and display devices and operable to determine a real-time location of the instrument relative to the port and a trajectory of the instrument relative to an insertion axis of the port. The processor system can be operable to cause the display device to graphically render the instrument as a plurality of two or three-dimensional rings positioned around an axis coincident with the determined trajectory and in spaced relation to each other along the axis. A first ring of the plurality of rings can be positioned at the determined instrument location relative to a graphical representation of the port location.