Patent ID: 9717578
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61F

Claim:
1. A surgical tool adapted for identifying an incision site, the surgical tool comprising: an intra-urethral probe having a distal end opposite of a proximal end, a distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe is insertable into a urethra of a patient and the intra-urethral probe is sized and configured to prevent the distal end of the intra-urethral probe from entering a bladder of the patient; a transmitter located at the distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe; wherein the transmitter is operable to transmit a signal from inside of the urethra to an exterior surface of skin of the patient at which location the signal is sensed, the signal is one of a magnetic field, a vibratory pulse, a sound, and light in a visible wavelength; and a sensor operable to sense the signal at a location on the exterior surface of the skin of the patient to facilitate identifying a location of the distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe based on the signal and the location of the sensor on the exterior surface of the skin when the signal is sensed, where the location of the sensor on the exterior surface of the skin when the signal is sensed correlates with the location of the distal end portion of the intra-urethral probe within the urethra.