×

Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes

  • US 6,332,089 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/1998
  • Issued: 12/18/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A method of guiding a probe in the body of a patient comprising the steps of:

  • (a) providing a site probe at a site within the body of a patient and providing a instrument probe to be guided within the body of the patient;

    (b) transmitting one or more non-ionizing fields to or from each of said probes and detecting each such transmitted field; and

    (c) determining the relative disposition of said instrument probe and said site probe by determining a position of each said probe in a common frame of reference based upon the properties of said detected fields and determining said relative disposition based upon the so-determined positions; and

    (d) directing said instrument probe toward said site probe based on relative deposition.

View all claims
  • 1 Assignment
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×