Patent ID: 7966059

Claim:
A system for magnetically navigating a medical device in an operating region within the body of a patient, the system comprising: two or more magnets each having a magnetic field projecting from the front of the magnet, which collectively are sufficient to apply a magnetic field of a selected direction in an operating region in the patient; a magnet support for each of the two or more magnets, the magnet supports being pivotable between an active position near the patient and an inactive position away from the patient, each of the two or more magnetics being rotatable about the patient to maintain the magnitude of the magnetic field, and further being capable of translation towards or away from the patient to allow the two or more magnets to be centered around the operating region of the patient, the two or more magnets being movable between a first position of maximum clockwise rotation about the patient and a second position of maximum counter-clockwise rotation about the patient; and an X-ray imaging system proximate to the two or more magnets, the X-ray imaging system being capable of a predetermined range of rotation about the patient to provide X-ray images of the operating region concurrent with operation of the two or more magnets, wherein the rotation of the two or more magnets to a maximum position interferes with the range of rotation of the imaging system in at least one maximum position.