Abstract: A system for monitoring a position of an instrument in a subject includes a light transmission medium configured to transmit light pulses to a desired region to produce an acoustic signal, at least one ultrasound sensor configured to receive the acoustic signal and to produce a transduced signal from the acoustic signal, and a processing unit connected to the at least one ultrasound sensor and configured to locate a source of the acoustic signal using the transduced signal.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 2, 2003
Date of Patent:
June 27, 2006
Assignee:
Glucon Medical Ltd
Inventors:
Avner Adoram, Benny Pesach, Ron Nagar, Shai Ashkenazi, Michal Balberg