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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:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Sied W. Janna, Memphis, TN (US);
Darren J. Wilson, York, GB;
Robert L. Morgan, York, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Smith & Nephew, Inc., Memphis, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/58 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/17 (2006.01); A61B 17/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/1707 (2013.01); A61B 2019/547 (2013.01); A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 17/72 (2013.01); A61B 17/1725 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system () for targeting a landmark () is disclosed. The system includes an instrumented medical implant (), a control circuit (), a power supply (), and a landmark identifier (). The instrumented medical implant () has one or more landmarks () and each landmark () has a corresponding coil (). The control circuit () is electrically connected to the corresponding coil (), and the power supply () is electrically connected to the control circuit (). The landmark identifier () has a magnetic sensor () for sensing the corresponding coil ().