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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
Applicant:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lalit Venkatesan, Prosper, TX (US);
Gene A. Bornzin, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Rupinder Bharmi, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Yelena Nabutovsky, Mountain View, CA (US);
Riddhi Shah, San Jose, CA (US);
Kevin Wilson, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Pacesetter, Inc., Sylmar, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/064 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 19/54 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5466 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5483 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for performing deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy may include determining a location of a target area of a brain, forming a burr hole through a skull of a patient based on the location the target area, positioning one or more reference members on or within the brain through the burr hole, and acquiring at least one image of the brain having the one or more reference members with at least one imaging sub-system.