Patent ID: 8543189

Claim:
A system to navigate a procedure for a patient, comprising: an electromagnetic tracking system including an electromagnetic localizer system having at least a first conductive coil to be configured with a first set of parameters to generate a localization field; a magnetic stimulation probe configured to be external to the patient and having at least the first conductive coil that is configured to be switched to operate as the electromagnetic localizer system to generate the localization field with the first set of parameters and configured to produce a probe electromagnetic field having an electromagnetic focal region with a second set of parameters, wherein the probe electromagnetic field is configured to induce a current in a conductive material of the patient; and a processor system configured to determine the position of the electromagnetic focal region relative to the patient based at least in part on the localization field produced by the electromagnetic localizer system; wherein the probe electromagnetic field of the magnetic stimulation probe is operable to induce a current in a conductive material including inducing the therapeutic current to stimulate a selected portion of the patient at the electromagnetic focal region.