Patent ID: 11944761
Assignee: AVENT, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A medical device position guidance system comprising:
a processor;
a plurality of external detector devices configured to be positioned in a predetermined external arrangement on a subject, wherein each detector device is operatively coupled to the processor, further wherein each of the plurality of external detector devices are configured to interrogate each other to determine a distance between each of the plurality of detector devices; and
a memory device storing instructions which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:
(i) receive signals relating to the distance between each of the plurality of detector devices from each of the plurality of detector devices to determine a three-dimensional volume between the plurality of external detector devices; and
(ii) using the received signals from the plurality of external detector devices and the three-dimensional volume to determine an anatomical shape, size, and/or orientation of the subject within the three-dimensional volume.