IP Library Granted Patent US 8,977,342
Granted Patent B2
US 8,977,342 · App. 12/313,567 · Granted Mar 10, 2015

Medical intervention device

Inventor: Martin Hoheisel (Erlangen, DE)
Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
A61B19/5244A61B19/46A61B2017/00694A61B2019/464A61B2019/4894A61B2019/5248A61B2019/5251A61B2019/5289
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Patent No.
US 8,977,342
App. No.
12/313,567
Granted
Mar 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a device for a medical intervention in or on moving tissue of a living being, said device having a medical instrument provided for the intervention, a position detection system by means of which the position of the medical instrument in the body of the living being can be determined, and at least one acceleration sensor for recording at least one movement of the instrument caused by the moving tissue. The invention also relates to a medical instrument for a medical intervention in or on moving tissue of a living being, said medical instrument having at least one acceleration sensor and a sensor of a position detection system, as well as to an operating method for the device.

Claims (32)

1. A medical intervention device, comprising:

a medical instrument that performs an intervention on a moving tissue of a patient positioned on a patient position device;

a position detection system that determines position data for a position of the medical instrument in a body of the patient, wherein the position detection system comprises an electromagnetic sensor and a transmitter disposed on the patient position device that generates an electromagnetic field for detecting the position of the medical instrument in a coordinate system assigned to the position detection system;

an acceleration sensor that records a movement of the medical instrument caused by involuntary movement of the moving tissue of the patient in a coordinate system assigned to the acceleration sensor;

a computing device that:

synchronizes the position data determined by the position detection system and the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor for correcting the position data of the medical instrument determined by the position detection system with the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor, and

superimposes the corrected position data of the medical instrument and an image of the medical instrument onto an image of the moving tissue of the patient; and

a display device that displays the superimposed image comprising the corrected position data of the medical instrument relative to a target tissue to be treated in the moving tissue of the patient to an physician performing the intervention.

2. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acceleration sensor comprises a measured value recorder for recording the movement of the medical instrument in a spatial direction or in a rotational direction.

3. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the acceleration sensor comprises a plurality of measured value recorders and each of the measured value recorders records the movement of the medical instrument in a spatial direction or in a rotational direction.

4. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of acceleration sensors.

5. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the acceleration sensors is disposed on or in the medical instrument.

6. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein at least one of the acceleration sensors is disposed on a body surface of the patient.

7. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic sensor is disposed in or on the medical instrument.

8. The medical intervention device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the medical instrument comprises a catheter or a puncture needle.

9. A medical instrument for performing a medical intervention on a moving tissue of a patient, comprising:

a position detection system that determines a position of the medical instrument in a body of the patient positioned on a patient position device, wherein the position detection system comprises an electromagnetic sensor and a transmitter disposed on the patient position device that generates an electromagnetic field for detecting the position of the medical instrument in a coordinate system assigned to the position detection system;

an acceleration sensor that records a movement of the medical instrument caused by involuntary movement of tissue of the patient in a coordinate system assigned to the acceleration sensor;

a computing device that:

synchronizes the position data determined by the position detection system and the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor for correcting the position data of the medical instrument determined by the position detection system with the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor, and

superimposes the corrected position data of the medical instrument and an image of the medical instrument onto an image of the moving tissue of the patient; and

a display device that displays the superimposed image comprising the corrected position data of the medical instrument relative to a target tissue to be treated in the moving tissue of the patient to an ph si performing the intervention.

10. The medical instrument as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the acceleration sensor comprises a measured value recorder for recording the movement of the medical instrument in a spatial direction or in a rotational direction.

11. The medical instrument as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the acceleration sensor comprises a plurality of measured value recorders and each of the measured value recorders records the movement of the medical instrument in a spatial direction or in a rotational direction.

12. The medical instrument as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the medical instrument comprises a catheter or puncture needle.

13. The medical instrument as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the acceleration sensor is disposed at, in or on a tip region of the medical instrument.

14. A method for operating a medical instrument performing a medical intervention on a moving tissue of a patient, comprising:

determining position data of the medical instrument in a body of the patient by a position detection system during the medical intervention, wherein the position detection system comprises an electromagnetic sensor and a transmitter disposed on the patient position device that generates an electromagnetic field for detecting the position of the medical instrument in a coordinate system assigned to the position detection system;

recording a movement of the medical instrument caused by involuntary movement of the moving tissue of the patient by an acceleration sensor in a coordinate system assigned to the acceleration sensor; and

synchronizing the position data determined by the position detection system and the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor for correcting the position data of the medical instrument determined by the position detection system with the movement of the medical instrument recorded by the acceleration sensor by a computing device;

superimposing the corrected position data of the medical instrument and an image of the medical instrument onto an image of the moving tissue of the patient by the computing device; and

displaying the superimposed image comprising the corrected position data of the medical instrument relative to a target tissue to be treated in the moving tissue of the patient on a display device to an physician performing the intervention.

Assignments (4)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNEE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 066088 FRAME: 0256. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 17, 2024
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 071178/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 20, 2023
From: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
To: SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG
Reel/Frame 066088/0256 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2016
From: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
To: SIEMENS HEALTHCARE GMBH
Reel/Frame 039271/0561 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2008
From: HOHEISEL, MARTIN
To: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 021928/0819 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2007 059 599 · Dec 11, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
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