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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2009
Jeremy B. Cox, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US);
Catherine C. Breiter, Holladay, UT (US);
Eddie K. Burnside, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jason R. Stats, Layton, UT (US);
Jeremy B. Cox, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Anthony K. Misener, Bountiful, UT (US);
Catherine C. Breiter, Holladay, UT (US);
Eddie K. Burnside, Bountiful, UT (US);
Jason R. Stats, Layton, UT (US);
C. R. Bard, Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
An integrated catheter placement system for accurately placing a catheter within a patient's vasculature is disclosed. In one embodiment, the integrated system comprises a system console, a tip location sensor for temporary placement on the patient's chest, and an ultrasound probe. The tip location sensor senses a magnetic field of a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when the catheter is disposed in the vasculature. The ultrasound probe ultrasonically images a portion of the vasculature prior to introduction of the catheter. ECG signal-based catheter tip guidance is included in the integrated system to enable guidance of the catheter tip to a desired position with respect to a node of the patient's heart. Various means for establishing a conductive pathway between a sterile field of the patient and a non-sterile field to enable passage of ECG signals from the catheter to the tip location sensor are also disclosed.