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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Benny Greenburg, Hod HaSharon, IL;
Dorian Averbuch, Ramat HaSharon, IL;
Oded Zur, Kochav-Ya'ir Zur Yigal, IL;
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 25/095 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 5/05 (2013.01); A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 19/5244 (2013.01); A61M 25/0127 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5251 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A catheter having a sensor at a distal end thereof, useable to detect and create signals from an electromagnetic field. The sensor is constructed and arranged to leave a lumen of the catheter open such that it may be used to pass instruments therethrough once a target location has been reached.