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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9743994
APP PUB NO 20160256224A1
SERIAL NO

15132242

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A method for determining the location of a medical device within a body is provided. The method includes transmitting from the medical device an acoustic signal; receiving with the medical device a reflected acoustic signal; advancing the medical device based on a first algorithm, the first algorithm including a first weighting factor and a first feature extracted from the reflected acoustic signal; determining a first location of the medical device based on the first algorithm; and moving the medical device to a second location based on a second algorithm, the second algorithm based on the determined first location and including at least one of a second weighting factor and a second feature extracted from the reflected acoustic signal. Also disclosed are systems and devices for performing the methods described herein.

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  • ARROW INTERNATIONAL, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hanlon, Stephen P San Ramon, US 4 160
Jiang, Jin San Carlos, US 35 167
Lee, Kichang Newtwon, US 16 179
Navratil, Miroslav Jihlava, CZ 3 81
Wenzel, Brian J San Jose, US 17 720

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