Medical procedures and apparatus using intrabody probes

The medical process for positioning one or more instrument probes on a treatment site involves the use of a site probe. Initially a site probe (30) is attached to or near the treatment site during an imaging process. The site probe is left attached using hooks or other securing devices. The patient...

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Main Authors AVISHAI SHAPIRO, DAVID E. ACKER, ASSAF GOVARI, MAIER FENSTER
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 02.09.1997
Edition6
Subjects
BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS
DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY
DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR
DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY
DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS
DIAGNOSIS
ELECTROTHERAPY
FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS
FIRST-AID KITS
FOMENTATION
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
IDENTIFICATION
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES
PROSTHESES
RADIATION THERAPY
SURGERY
TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Summary:The medical process for positioning one or more instrument probes on a treatment site involves the use of a site probe. Initially a site probe (30) is attached to or near the treatment site during an imaging process. The site probe is left attached using hooks or other securing devices. The patient is them moved a treatment area which has a number of transducers (300) providing a frame reference. The site probe has a transducer that interacts with the reference frame. Instrument probes also have transducers (230). A computer determines the location of each probe and provides a display (28) of the direction in which the instrument probe must be moved.
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19970019589