System and method for radar-assisted catheter guidance and control
CA 2542863 C · Owner: Magnetecs, Inc. · Inventors: Shachar, Yehoshua
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A Catheter Guidance Control and Imaging (CGCI) system whereby a magnetic tip attached to a surgical tool is detected displayed and influenced positionally so as to allow diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to be performed is described. The tools that can be so equipped include catheters guidewires, and secondary tools such as lasers and balloons. The magnetic tip performs two functions. First, it allows the position and orientation of the tip to be determined by using a radar system such as for example, a radar range finder , or radar imaging system. Incorporating the radar system allows the CGCI apparatus to detect accurately the position orientation and rotation of the , surgical …
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- Filed October 20, 2004 and granted March 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended October 20, 2024.
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