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Patent Number: 9387048
Patent Date: 2016-07-12
Patent type: utility
A medical system including a catheter or other flexible structure uses a combination of two different sensor systems to measure a pose of a section or tip of the catheter or flexible structure. The first sensor system, which may include an electromagnetic sensor, can measure a pose of a first section of the catheter, and the second sensor system can measure a pose of the second section relative to the first section. The second sensor system may employ a technology such as fiber shape sensing that permits the second section to be smaller than the first section, so that a distal tip of the catheter or flexible structure can fit within smaller natural lumens.
Inventors
| First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Giuseppe | Prisco | - | - | - |
| Vincent | Duindam | - | - | - |
| Caitlin Q. | Donhowe | - | - | - |
IPCs
| Section | Class | Sub Class | Group | Sub Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 61 | B | 5 | 05 |
| A | 61 | B | 19 | 00 |
Assignee
| Organization | First Name | Last Name | City | State | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc. | - | - | - | - | - |