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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2007
Applicants:
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Gabriela C. Miyazawa, New Brighton, MN (US);
Paul W. Wacnik, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory F. Molnar, New Brighton, MN (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth T. Heruth, Edina, MN (US);
Gabriela C. Miyazawa, New Brighton, MN (US);
Paul W. Wacnik, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Gregory F. Molnar, New Brighton, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61N 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus can be used to guide or navigate an instrument relative to a body. Various types of information can be used to assist in the navigation, such as MRI data, diffusion tensor image data, and the like. The information can assist in identifying the portions of the body.