RONALD LEE ARENSON
Medical Practice in Mill Valley, CA
License number
Pennsylvania MD017732E
Category
Medicine
Type
Medical Physician and Surgeon
Address
Address
2
Mill Valley, CA 94941
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
Professional information
Magnetically Directable Remote Guidance Systems, And Methods Of Use Thereof
US Patent:
6304769, Oct 16, 2001
Filed:
Oct 16, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/951620
Inventors:
Ronald L. Arenson - Mill Valley CA
William V. Hassenzahl - Piedmont CA
Timothy Roberts - San Francisco CA
William V. Hassenzahl - Piedmont CA
Timothy Roberts - San Francisco CA
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California - Oakland CA
International Classification:
A61B 505
US Classification:
600424
Abstract:
A magnetically directable guidance system useful in, for example, medical magnetic resonance imaging is provided, as well as methods of directing the traverse of a device directable by the remote guidance system to a remote destination. A directable device and methods of use thereof are also disclosed. In one embodiment, the device is a catheter directable using a magnetic resonance imaging system. In another embodiment, the method includes interventional radiological diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.