A - Human Necessities – 61 – B
Patent
A - Human Necessities
61
B
A61B 1/12 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2613360
The invention provides an image-guided medical instrument that utilizes a tracking device to track the location of at least a portion of the instrument on at least one image of a patient's anatomy. The instrument may include a handle having an operating element, an elongated flexible body member connected to the handle, wherein the body member includes a lumen, a transmission element housed within the lumen of the body member, and a treatment apparatus connected to end of the transmission element, wherein actuation of the operating element actuates the treatment apparatus via the transmission element. The body member also includes at least one sensor element that is utilized by the tracking device to determine position information regarding the treatment apparatus that is used to display the location of the treatment apparatus on the at least one image of the patient's anatomy.
L~invention concerne un instrument médical guidé par image qui utilise un dispositif de poursuite pour suivre l~emplacement d~au moins une portion de l~instrument sur au moins une image de l~anatomie du patient. L~instrument peut comporter une poignée ayant un élément d~actionnement, un élément de corps flexible allongé connecté à la poignée, où l~élément de corps comporte un lumen, un élément de transmission logé dans le lumen de l~élément de corps, et un appareil de traitement connecté à une extrémité de l~élément de transmission, où la commande de l~élément d~actionnement sollicite l~appareil de traitement par le biais de l~élément de transmission. L~élément de corps contient également au moins un élément capteur que le dispositif de poursuite utilise pour déterminer les informations de position concernant l~appareil de traitement servant à afficher l~emplacement de l~appareil de traitement sur l~au moins une image de l~anatomie du patient.
Philips Electronics Ltd Philips Electronique Ltee
Smart & Biggar
Traxtal Inc.
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