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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2012
Peter Piferi, Orange, CA (US);
Raffaele Mazzei, Encinitas, CA (US);
Alex Diener, Seattle, WA (US);
Brady Steele, Encinitas, CA (US);
Peter Piferi, Orange, CA (US);
Raffaele Mazzei, Encinitas, CA (US);
Alex Diener, Seattle, WA (US);
Brady Steele, Encinitas, CA (US);
MRI Interventions, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Abstract
A method includes providing a patch including: a flexible base layer that is mountable on and substantially conformable to a patient's body surface, the base layer having opposed upper and lower primary surfaces; a flexible substrate that is releasably attached to the upper primary surface of the base layer and substantially conformable to the patient's body surface; and at least one MRI-visible fiducial element defined by or secured to the flexible substrate. The method further includes: securing the base layer to the body surface to mount the patch on the body surface such that the flexible substrate conforms to the body surface; MRI scanning the patient with the patch on the body surface to generate corresponding image data; identifying a physical location on the body surface using the image data; and removing the flexible substrate from the base layer.