US 11,839,461 B2
Localized magnetic field transmitter
Alon Izmirli, Ganot Hadar (IL); Guy Hevel, Zichron Yaakov (IL); Adrian Herscovici, Haifa (IL); Yuval Vaknin, Hanaton (IL); and David Jacobs, Naharija (IL)
Assigned to ST JUDE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL HOLDING S.À R.L., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed by St. Jude Medical International Holding S.á r.l., Luxembourg (LU)
Filed on Jun. 17, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/350,969.
Application 17/350,969 is a continuation of application No. 16/969,551, granted, now 11,071,471, previously published as PCT/IB2019/051090, filed on Feb. 11, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/630,390, filed on Feb. 14, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0307639 A1, Oct. 7, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); G01R 33/30 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/062 (2013.01) [A61B 5/6852 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); G01R 33/307 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for generating a magnetic field for tracking of an object within an area of interest, the apparatus comprising:
a magnetic field transmitting element configured and arranged to emit the magnetic field in the area of interest, the magnetic field transmitting element being x-ray translucent,
wherein the magnetic field transmitting element includes a multi-layer substrate having a first layer with first electrical traces disposed on a top outermost surface of the multi-layer substrate and a second layer with second electrical traces disposed on a bottom outermost surface of the multi-layer substrate, wherein first and second electrical traces being electronically coupled to one another with vias, which extend through the substrate between the first and second layers, the first and second electrical traces and the vias forming a coil electrically coupled to a power source, the coil configured to generate the magnetic field.