US Patent:
20110091853, Apr 21, 2011
Inventors:
Yehoshua Shachar - Santa Monica CA, US
Bruce Mark - Ojai CA, US
David Johnson - West Hollywood CA, US
Leslie Farkas - Ojai CA, US
Steven Kim - New York NY, US
Assignee:
Magnetecs, Inc. - Inglewood CA
International Classification:
G09B 23/28
A61B 5/00
G09B 9/00
G05B 13/04
Abstract:
A system is disclosed for incorporating a realistic simulated catheter or catheters within a catheter guidance and control system that operate from the same closed-loop position control feedback and geometric mapping data as the real position control system and are able to make contact with real and simulated datasets. These catheters may be operated in a pure simulation mode without interacting with real catheters and position control hardware, or may be used as control cursors to enhance the placement of catheter positioning targets. The catheter tip, which is focus of magnetic control, is realistically guided by the control system parameters, while the remainder of the catheter line is realistically constrained by the mapped chamber geometry and introducer sheath.