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APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LORENTZ-ACTIVE SHEATH DISPLAY AND CONTROL OF SURGICAL TOOLS

  • US 20090253985A1
  • Filed: 04/07/2008
  • Published: 10/08/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A medical apparatus to be used during an invasive surgery comprising:

  • a sheath capable of deploying a multitude of medical tools and adapted for insertion into the body of a patient;

    at least one electrode coupled to the sheath;

    a position detection system coupled to the sheath capable of sensing said electrode coupled to the sheath;

    a computer software program coupled to the position detection system capable of compensating for the unwanted motion of the sheath by subtracting said sheath motion from the motion of the sheath-hosted tool; and

    a computer software program coupled to the position detection system capable of tracking the sheath'"'"'s progress through the surrounding tissue of a patient by means of fiducial alignment.

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