Biosense Webster (Israel), Ltd.;Bar-Tal, Meir;Schwartz, Yitzhack;Amit, Mati
发明人:
申请号：
EP12182268.8
公开号：
EP2559371A1
申请日:
2011.06.22
申请国别(地区):
EP
年份:
2013
代理人:
摘要：
An imaging system, including a capsule, configured to enter an esophagus of a patient, having an ultrasonic transducer configured to image tissue of the patient. The system further includes an applicator tube configured to enter the esophagus, the tube being attachable to the capsule for positioning the capsule within the esophagus, and being detachable from the capsule after positioning of the capsule so as to permit the tube to be withdrawn from the esophagus while the capsule remains in position in the esophagus. The system further includes a capsule locator, fixedly connected to the capsule, comprising a first magnetic locating device providing a first signal, indicative of a first position of the capsule, in response to a magnetic field generated in a vicinity of the patient. The system further includes a probe comprising a second magnetic locating device providing a second signal, indicative of a second position of the probe in the patient and registered with the first position, in response to the magnetic field.
