Ameet Kumar Jain;Garardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers;Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon;Maikel Hendriks;Erik Godefridus Antonius Harks;Szabolcs Deladi
发明人:
Szabolcs Deladi,Erik Godefridus Antonius Harks,Ameet Kumar Jain,Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon,Maikel Hendriks,Garardus Henricus Maria Gijsbers
申请号：
US13885016
公开号：
US10405828B2
申请日:
2011.10.18
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2019
代理人:
摘要：
The invention relates to location determination apparatus for determining a location of a first object (2) like a catheter within a second object (3) being, for example, the heart of a person. The first object comprises a first ultrasound unit, and a second ultrasound unit (5) is located outside the second object. A location determination unit determines the location of the first object within the second object based on ultrasound signals transmitted 5 between the first ultrasound unit and the second ultrasound unit. This allows determining the location of the first object within the second object reliably in a way which is an alternative to using a transmission of electrical signals for determining the location and which may lead to an improved accuracy of determining the location.
