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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9345447
APP PUB NO 20130296693A1
SERIAL NO

13829522

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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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TELEFLEX LIFE SCIENCES LLC251 LITTLE FALLS DRIVE WILMINGTON DE 19808

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hanlon, Stephen P San Ramon, US 4 178
Jiang, Jin San Carlos, US 49 303
Lee, Kichang Newton, US 16 221
Navratil, Miroslav Jihlava, CZ 3 109
Wenzel, Brian J San Jose, US 17 746

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