Title:
APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FOUR DIMENSIONAL SOFT TISSUE NAVIGATION
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/024686
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient. The surgical instrument navigation system includes: a surgical instrument; an imaging device which is operable to capture scan data representative of an internal region of interest within a given patient; a tracking subsystem that employs electro-magnetic sensing to capture in real-time position data indicative of the position of the surgical instrument; a data processor which is operable to render a volumetric, perspective image of the internal region of interest from a point of view of the surgical instrument; and a display which is operable to display the volumetric perspective image of the patient.
Inventors:
HOLSING TROY (US)
HUNTER MARK (US)
LEE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WENNOGLE MARC (US)
HUNTER MARK (US)
LEE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WENNOGLE MARC (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2011/048669
Publication Date:
July 19, 2012
Filing Date:
August 22, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
VERAN MEDICAL TECH INC (US)
HOLSING TROY (US)
HUNTER MARK (US)
LEE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WENNOGLE MARC (US)
HOLSING TROY (US)
HUNTER MARK (US)
LEE CHRISTOPHER (US)
WENNOGLE MARC (US)
International Classes:
A61B1/01; A61B1/04; A61B1/045; A61B5/02; A61B5/352
Foreign References:
| US20070249896A1 | 2007-10-25 | |||
| US20080269561A1 | 2008-10-30 | |||
| US20080287803A1 | 2008-11-20 | |||
| US20040034300A1 | 2004-02-19 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 2605693A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SODEY, Benjamin J. (211 N. Broadway Suite 360, St. Louis Missouri, US)
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