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Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANNING TREATMENT OF TISSUE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2006116318
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide a method which is newly improved for treating tissues in a body space with a surgical device.

A method and a system for treating tissues with the surgical device includes a step for displaying an image made by collecting imaging data from an imaging device, a step for selecting at least one tissue target from the image, a step for determining an effective treatment volume of the surgical device, a step for determining a treatment modality for treating the tissue target with the surgical device, in which the treatment modality is consisted of at least one target treatment volume. The method may also include a step for determining the positions and orientations of the imaging device, images, and the surgical device, a step for indicating the trajectory of the surgical device to the image on a display screen, a step for inserting the surgical device in a body of a patient based on the trajectory, and a step for treating the tissue target. The method may additionally include a step for indicating the treatment volume of the target on the display screen.


Inventors:
VOEGELE JAMES W
GILL ROBERT P
DUELL JOYCE A
SCHRAMM MARY E
Application Number:
JP2005307830A
Publication Date:
May 11, 2006
Filing Date:
October 21, 2005
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ETHICON ENDO SURGERY INC
International Classes:
A61B19/00; A61B18/00; A61B18/02; A61B18/04; A61B18/12; A61B18/18
Domestic Patent References:
JP2004041778A2004-02-12
JP2003153897A2003-05-27
Foreign References:
WO2004051409A22004-06-17
WO2004060158A12004-07-22
WO2005039416A12005-05-06
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Hiroaki Tazawa
Konobu Kato
Hideaki Tazawa
Hamada Hatsune