PATENTS
System and Method for a Magnetic Catheter Tip
Patent Number: US 7,873,401 B2
Date Filed: January 18, 2011
Country Filed In: USA
Product Application: CGCI
Description:
A 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 rapidly, accurately, simply, and intuitively is described. The tools that can be so equipped include catheters, guidewires, and secondary tools such as lasers and balloons, in addition biopsy needles, endoscopy probes, and similar devices. The tip position and orientation information and the dynamic body part position information are also utilized to provide a display that allows three dimensional viewing of the magnetic tip position and orientation relative to the body part.
Field of Use: A series of proprietary magnetic-tipped catheters were designed by Josh Shachar to be used in conjunction with his CGCI technology platform.