Jiaye Z. Jho;Kelly B. Powers;Shayne Messerly;Bret Hamatake;Eddie K. Burnside
发明人:
Eddie K. Burnside,Kelly B. Powers,Shayne Messerly,Jiaye Z. Jho,Bret Hamatake
申请号：
US13118033
公开号：
US20140163356A2
申请日:
2011.05.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
A guidance system for assisting with the insertion of a needle or other medical component into the body of a patient is disclosed. The guidance system utilizes ultrasound imaging or other suitable imaging technology. In one embodiment, the guidance system comprises an imaging device including a probe for producing an image of an internal body portion target, such as a vessel. One or more sensors are included with the probe. The sensors sense a detectable characteristic related to the needle, such as a magnetic field of a magnet included with the needle. The system includes a processor that uses data relating to the detectable characteristic sensed by the sensors to determine a position and/or orientation of the needle in three spatial dimensions. The system includes a display for depicting the position and/or orientation of the needle together with the image of the target.
