MEDICAL DEVICE WITH ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCERS EMBEDDED IN FLEXIBLE FOIL

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...

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Hauptverfasser:	DELADI, SZABOLCS, RADEMAKERS, ANTONIUS, JOHANNES, JOSEPHUS, VAN DER VLEUTEN, CORNELIUS ANTONIUS NICOLAAS M
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES DIAGNOSIS FOR PERFORMING MECHANICAL WORK IN GENERAL GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS IN GENERAL HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION ORRERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES MEASURING MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR GENERATING OR TRANSMITTING MECHANICALVIBRATIONS OF INFRASONIC, SONIC, OR ULTRASONIC FREQUENCY PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICS RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING RADIO NAVIGATION SURGERY TESTING TRANSPORTING
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Zusammenfassung:	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 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.