| US 7,540,288 B2 | ||
| User interface for remote control of medical devices | ||
| Raju R. Viswanathan, St. Louis, Mo. (US); Walter M. Blume, St. Louis, Mo. (US); Jeffrey M. Garibaldi, St. Louis, Mo. (US); and John Rauch, St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Stereotaxis, Inc., St. Louis, Mo. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 06, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/146,411. | ||
| Claims priority of provisional application 60/576946, filed on Jun. 04, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0041179 A1, Feb. 23, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. A61B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 128—899 | 17 Claims |
| 1. An interface for controlling a magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating
region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the interface comprising:
a display on which a representation of the current orientation of the medical device; and a selector for selecting one of
a plurality of patterns of new orientations of the device is displayed;
an input device for selecting one of the plurality of patterns of new orientations; and
a processor for orienting the magnetic medical device in each of the orientations in the selected pattern.
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