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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
David Stiles, Danvers, MA (US);
Jeffrey P. Bodner, Plymouth, MN (US);
William F. Kaemmerer, Edina, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); G06F 19/3437 (2013.01); G06F 19/3468 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for determining, planning, and/or administering a therapy of a selected material from a catheter to a selected specific region of an anatomy is disclosed. The catheter can be used to deliver a drug to the patient to achieve a volume of efficacy (VOE) within a selected target, region, or volume. The drug delivered can be used for treating at least a symptom in the patient.