INSTRUMENT PRESENCE AND ROTATIONAL OFFSET SENSING IN FLEXIBLE SYSTEM

A medical system may include an elongated flexible body including a channel extending through the elongated flexible body. The elongated flexible body includes an articulable portion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongated flexible body. The medical system may include an inst...

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Hauptverfasser:	Gordon, Lucas S, Shoghi Ghalehshahi, Tajalli, Bogusky, Joseph D, Brichard, Dominique D, Bailey, David W, Begley, Adam K, Polonsky, Andrey
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEASURING MEASURING ELECTRIC VARIABLES MEASURING MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE PHYSICS SURGERY TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	A medical system may include an elongated flexible body including a channel extending through the elongated flexible body. The elongated flexible body includes an articulable portion extending along at least a portion of a length of the elongated flexible body. The medical system may include an instrument configured to be received in the channel of the elongated flexible body, a magnetic field generator configured to generate a magnetic field within the channel, and a magnetic field sensor configured to detect the magnetic field generated by the magnetic field generator.