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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2011
Serena H. Wong, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jason J. Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis Macnamara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gene Reis, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall L. Schlesinger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Neal A. Tanner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Serena H. Wong, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jason J. Hsu, San Jose, CA (US);
Francis MacNamara, Mountain View, CA (US);
Gene Reis, San Jose, CA (US);
Randall L. Schlesinger, San Mateo, CA (US);
Neal A. Tanner, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hansen Medical, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for integrating and/or registering a shape sensing fiber in or to various instruments are described herein. Registration fixtures and registration techniques for matching the coordinate system of a fiber to the coordinate system of an elongate instrument or other device are provided. Various systems and methods for integrating a shape sensing fiber into an elongate instrument or other device are also described herein.