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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2010
Applicants:

Randal C. Schulhauser, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Paul Gerrish, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Michael F. Mattes, Chandler, AZ (US);

Todd A. Kallmyer, Tempe, AZ (US);

Patrick P. Senarith, Tustin, CA (US);

Per Klype, Phoenix, AZ (US);

David A. Ruben, Mesa, AZ (US);

Inventors:

Randal C. Schulhauser, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Paul Gerrish, Phoenix, AZ (US);

Michael F. Mattes, Chandler, AZ (US);

Todd A. Kallmyer, Tempe, AZ (US);

Patrick P. Senarith, Tustin, CA (US);

Per Klype, Phoenix, AZ (US);

David A. Ruben, Mesa, AZ (US);

Assignee:

Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/05 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2017/00703 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2048 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2055 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/0818 (2016.02); A61B 2090/376 (2016.02);
Abstract

A medical system includes a sensor location module, a first module, and a second module. The sensor location module determines a location of a magnetic field sensor within a magnetic field. The first module determines an acceleration of the magnetic field sensor. The second module indicates a modified location of the magnetic field sensor in an image of a medical patient based on the acceleration and one or more previously determined locations.


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