Patent ID: 9492097
Filing Date: 2016-11-15
CPC Classification: A61B

Claim Text:
1. A method for placing a medical component using an ultrasound imaging system, the ultrasound imagine system including an ultrasound probe having a plurality of magnetic sensors, the medical component including a magnetic element, the method comprising: positioning the medical component in a predetermined orientation with respect to the ultrasound probe such that a first angle is defined between the medical component and the ultrasound probe; detecting a magnetic field of the magnetic element by the plurality of magnetic sensors in order to generate magnetic field strength data; determining a position of the magnetic element relative to the magnetic sensors in two spatial dimensions using the magnetic field strength data; calculating a length of the medical component using the first angle and the determined two-dimensional position; and depicting on a display a position of the medical component with respect to an ultrasound image produced by the ultrasound imaging system based on the calculated length of the medical component.