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Determining a location of a member

  • US 10,426,377 B2
  • Filed: 11/09/2015
  • Issued: 10/01/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to locate and determine a position of portions of an instrument in a volume, comprising:

  • providing an elongated and flexible member extending between a first end and a second terminal end with a first position element having a plurality of first position element portions positioned near the first end and between the first end and the second terminal end and a second position element positioned near the second terminal end;

    positioning a set of axis generation electrodes on a surface of the volume;

    injecting a current into the volume between the set of axis generation electrodes;

    sensing with the first position element and the second position element an electrical property due to the injected current into the volume between the set of axis generation electrodes;

    evaluating the sensed electrical property sensed with the first position element and the second position element;

    determining a relative position of the first position element and the second position element based on the evaluation of the electrical property;

    determining a non-linear geometry of the elongated and flexible member based on the determined relative position of the first position element having the plurality of first position element portions and the second position element; and

    determining an amount of lead slack of the elongated and flexible member within the volume based on the determined non-linear geometry.

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