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Integrated System for Intravascular Placement of a Catheter

  • US 20130060116A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2012
  • Published: 03/07/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated catheter placement system for placing a catheter in a vasculature of a patient, comprising:

  • a system console;

    a tip location sensor configured for temporary placement on a portion of a body of the patient, the tip location sensor configured for sensing a magnetic field of a stylet disposed in a lumen of the catheter when a distal portion of the catheter is disposed in the vasculature, the tip location sensor being operably connected to the system console; and

    an ultrasound probe for ultrasonically imaging an internal portion of the patient prior to introduction of the catheter into the vasculature, the ultrasound probe operably connected to the console, the ultrasound probe including user input controls for controlling use of the ultrasound probe in an ultrasound mode and use of the tip location sensor in a tip location mode.

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