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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Alexey Sharonov, Bethany, CT (US);
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61F 2/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61F 2/0063 (2013.01); A61F 2/82 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02); A61B 2505/05 (2013.01); A61F 2210/009 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided. The method includes placing a magnetic field viewing film over a region of tissue; inserting at least one of a medical device or a medical instrument comprising at least one magnetic element into the region of the tissue; and determining a location of at least one of the medical device or the medical instrument based on a visualization by the magnetic field viewing film of a magnetic field produced by the at least one magnetic element.