Ghassan S. Kassab,William Combs,Mark Svendsen,Toby H. Markowitz
申请号:
US14394204
公开号:
US20150080762A1
申请日:
2013.04.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
Devices and systems for navigation and positioning a central venous catheter within a patient. In an exemplary embodiment of a system of the present disclosure, the system comprises a first pole and a second pole, the first pole and the second pole configured to generate an electric field within a mammalian body sufficient to obtain a plurality of field measurements therein, and an elongated body configured for at least partial insertion into a blood vessel of the mammalian body and advancement through a vasculature, said advancement dependent upon the plurality of field measurements indicative of one or more locations of a portion of the elongated body within the vasculature. In at least one embodiment, the elongated body is configured as a stylet.