Inventors:
H. Toby Markowitz - Roseville MN, US
Phillip Falkner - Minneapolis MN, US
Ioana Fleming - Anchorage AK, US
Chad Giese - St. Paul MN, US
Mustafa Karamanoglu - Fridley MN, US
Michael Kryger - Chicago IL, US
Karl Evan Nowak - Madison WI, US
Pooja Mehta - Bartlett IL, US
James Steeves - Milton, CA
Lane A. Phillips - Mineapolis MN, US
Shangqian Peter Zhang - Shoreview MN, US
Steven L. Waldhauser - White Bear Township MN, US
David Scanlon - Minneapolis MN, US
Brian Houston Craig - Minneapolis MN, US
Eduardo N. Warman - Maple Grove MN, US
Koen Michels - Maastricht, NL
Marie P. Smith - White Bear Lake MN, US
Noelle Christine Hurtig - Minneapolis MN, US
Olaf Eick - Bremen, DE
Rogier Receveur - Maastricht, NL
Vincent Larik - Kerkrade, NL
Brent Chelgren - Plymounth MN, US
Victoria Interrante - Minneapolis MN, US
International Classification:
A61B 5/05
Abstract:
A volume of a patient can be mapped with a system operable to identify a plurality of locations and save a plurality of locations of a mapping instrument. The mapping instrument can include one or more electrodes that can sense a voltage that can be correlated to a three dimensional location of the electrode at the time of the sensing or measurement. Therefore, a map of a volume can be determined based upon the sensing of the plurality of points without the use of other imaging devices. An implantable medical device can then be navigated relative to the mapping data.