US 12,262,962 B2
Systems and methods for advanced medical device placement and usage
Brian Kelly, Tempe, AZ (US); Anna Newcomb, Chandler, AZ (US); William Langenbach, Phoenix, AZ (US); Kirsten Jefferys, Norman, OK (US); Luis Manuel Tumialan, Paradise Valley, AZ (US); and James Abbas, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Assigned to Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US); and Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
Appl. No. 16/488,920
Filed by Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US); and Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University, Scottsdale, AZ (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 27, 2018, PCT No. PCT/US2018/019966
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 26, 2019,
PCT Pub. No. WO2018/157135, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 30, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/463,765, filed on Feb. 27, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0008888 A1, Jan. 9, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/70 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/30 (2016.01)
CPC A61B 34/25 (2016.02) [A61B 17/7082 (2013.01); A61B 90/06 (2016.02); A61B 90/30 (2016.02); A61B 2034/254 (2016.02); A61B 2090/067 (2016.02); A61B 2560/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing orientation data to a user during a medical procedure performed on a subject, the system comprising:
a medical device configured to engage a portion of the subject and including a handle, the handle including a first member and a second member removably coupled together, the first member and the second member defining an internal cavity of the handle when coupled together, wherein the first member comprises a receptacle sized to hold an electrical component and the second member comprises an opening sized to slidably receive the first member;
the electrical component disposed completely within the internal cavity and configured to generate data related to an orientation of the medical device during the medical procedure, the electrical component further configured to be removed from the internal cavity after the medical procedure; and
a display device physically separate from the medical device and in communication with the electrical component, the display device including a processor configured to
receive and process the data related to the orientation of the medical device, and
display information related to the orientation of the medical device to the user based on the data.