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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2013
Applicant:
Clear Guide Medical, Baltimore, MD (US);
Inventors:
Philipp Jakob Stolka, Baltimore, MD (US);
Pezhman Foroughi, Cockeysville, MD (US);
Matthew C. Rendina, Baltimore, MD (US);
Gregory Donald Hager, Baltimore, MD (US);
Emad Mikhail Boctor, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Clear Guide Medical, LLC, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 8/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/313 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61B 5/0082 (2013.01); A61B 8/4455 (2013.01); A61B 1/3132 (2013.01); A61B 8/4254 (2013.01); A61B 10/04 (2013.01); A61B 17/00234 (2013.01); A61B 19/5202 (2013.01); A61B 19/5212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system for image-guided surgery may include a visual imaging system, a medical tool comprising a shaft and a tip, wherein the shaft of the tool includes an optically detectable feature that allows a position of the tip to be determined, and a display configured to display a real-time representation of the medical tool including the position of the tip regardless of whether the tip is obstructed or visible.