Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fiber optic instrument orientation sensing system and method
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Application No.: US13603048Application Date: 2012-09-04
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Publication No.: US09726476B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy , Neal A. Tanner , Robert G. Younge , Randall L. Schlesinger
- Applicant: Bhaskar S. Ramamurthy , Neal A. Tanner , Robert G. Younge , Randall L. Schlesinger
- Applicant Address: NL Eindhoven
- Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
- Current Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: NL Eindhoven
- Agency: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; G01B11/16 ; A61B5/06 ; A61B6/12 ; A61B1/00 ; G01L1/24 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B18/08 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B90/96 ; A61B34/37 ; A61B90/98 ; A61B34/00 ; A61M25/01 ; A61B34/20 ; A61B34/30 ; A61B90/00 ; A61B17/00

Abstract:
An instrument system that includes an image capture device, an elongate body, an optical fiber and a controller is provided. The elongate body is operatively coupled to the image capture device. The optical fiber is operatively coupled to the elongate body and has a strain sensor provided on the optical fiber. The controller is operatively coupled to the optical fiber and adapted to receive a signal from the strain sensor and to determine a position or orientation of the image capture device based on the signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130083310A1 FIBER OPTIC INSTRUMENT ORIENTATION SENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD Public/Granted day:2013-04-04
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