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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2012
Torsten Scheuermann, Munich, DE;
Tat-jin Teo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger N. Hastings, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Torsten Scheuermann, Munich, DE;
Tat-Jin Teo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Roger N. Hastings, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Apparatuses for identifying nerve tissue and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example apparatus may include an elongate shaft having a distal region configured to be percutaneously deployed within a patient. An active imaging structure may be disposed on the distal region. The active imaging structure may be configured to remotely image nerve tissue by exciting a signal in nerve tissue from a percutaneous location and receiving the signal from a percutaneous location. The active imaging structure may include one or more probes.