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US 10,328,281 B2Granted
System and method for lung denervation
AssigneeCovidien LP
InventorJoshua B. Stopek
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Abstract
Systems and methods for treating a lung disease including capturing a first set of images of at least a portion of a lung displaying symptoms of a lung disease, generating a three dimensional model from the first set of images, locating a target nerve proximate the portion of the lung, generating a treatment plan, and on-invasively denervating the target nerve based on the treatment plan such that the function of the portion of the lung is affected.
Claims21
A system for identification and denervation of a lung nerve, comprising:
- a memory configured to receive a first set of images captured by computed tomography (CT), the first set of images being of at least a portion of a lung displaying symptoms of a lung disease;
- a processor configured to execute an application and generate a first three dimensional model of the portion of the lung captured in the first set of images;
- a display presenting a first user interface enabling a user to review the first set of images and the first three dimensional model to locate a target nerve proximate the portion of the lung captured in the first set of images;
- an imaging device configured to navigate inside a luminal network of the lung to at least the portion of the lung and to generate enhanced images;
- a tracking sensor disposed on the imaging device and configured to sense a location of the imaging device;
- and a treatment device configured to non-invasively denervate the target nerve of a patient, from outside of a body of the patient, based on a treatment plan developed from the first three dimensional model and the first set of images such that a function of the portion of the lung is affected, the treatment plan including a treatment vector, the treatment vector including an angle at which energy is radiated to the target nerve,
- wherein the imaging device generates the enhanced images corresponding to the sensed location, wherein the processor is further configured to select a second set of images from the first set of images including at least the portion of the lung displaying symptoms of the lung disease and to combine the enhanced images with the second set of images to generate higher resolution images corresponding to the sensed location, the higher resolution images having a resolution higher than a resolution of the first set of images, and
- wherein the processor is further configured to generate a second three dimensional model using the higher resolution images.
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