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Systems and methods for guiding a medical instrument

  • US 10,602,958 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2016
  • Issued: 03/31/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A virtual tracking system, comprising:

  • a medical device having a tangible portion including a magnetic element, wherein a distal portion of the medical device is simulated by the virtual tracking system;

    a tracking component including a housing, the tracking component configured to detect a magnetic field of the magnetic element and to generate magnetic field strength data, the tracking component including a processor that iteratively computes position data of the distal portion of the medical device according to the magnetic field strength data to simulate insertion of the distal portion of the medical device into a body of a patient; and

    a display configured to depict an image of the computed position data of the distal portion of the medical device.

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