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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Karel F. A. A. Smits, Munstergeleen, NL;
Jean Joseph Gerardus Rutten, Bocholtz, NL;
Mark Lazeroms, Vroenhoven-Riemst, BE;
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 17/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/02 (2013.01); A61B 19/46 (2013.01); A61N 1/046 (2013.01); A61N 1/05 (2013.01); A61N 1/0504 (2013.01); A61B 17/3468 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320044 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320056 (2013.01); A61B 2019/462 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a first electrode at a tip of a tunneling tool and a second electrode. The system includes a circuit configured to determine whether the tip of the tunneling tool is within subcutaneous fat tissue or muscle tissue of a patient based on a measurement of an impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.