Patent ID: 11911632
Assignee: DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 28:
29. A system for performing capacitive monitoring the position of a body region for a medical procedure involving a medical device, the system comprising:
a capacitive position sensing device comprising:
an array of electrodes configured for capacitive sensing within a sensing region, wherein the sensing region is suitable for positioning the body region in a reference position therein;
control and processing hardware operatively coupled to the capacitive position sensing device, wherein the control and processing hardware is configured to perform operations comprising:
detecting capacitance between each electrode and the body region, thereby obtaining a set of measured capacitance values;
processing the set of measured capacitance values to determine an offset of the body region relative to the reference position;
wherein the offset comprises an angular offset.