User interface for remote control of medical devices
AssigneeStereotaxis, Inc.
InventorsRaju Viswanathan, Walter Blume, Jeffrey Garibaldi, John Rauch
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Abstract
An interface for remotely controlling a medical device in a patient's body provides a two dimensional display of a three dimensional rendering of the operating region, and allows the user to select the orientation or location of the distal end of the medical device on the display and then operate a navigation system to cause the distal end of the medical device to approximately assume the selected orientation or location.
Claims17
An interface for controlling a magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the interface comprising:
- a display on which a representation of the current orientation of the medical device;
- and a selector for selecting one of a plurality of patterns of new orientations of the device is displayed;
- an input device for selecting one of the plurality of patters of new orientations;
- and
- a processor for orient the magnetic medical device in each of the orientations in the selected pattern.
A method of operating a magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field in a selected direction in an operating region in a subject, to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the method comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of predetermined patterns of new positions for the medical device;
- and
- operating the magnetic navigation system to successively orient the medical device in each new position of the patter.
A magnetic navigation system that applies a magnetic field in a selected direction to an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the system comprising:
- at least one magnet;
- an interface for controlling the at least one magnet, including:
- a display including a representation of the current orientation of the medical device, and a selector for selecting one of a predetermined patterns of new positions for the medical device;
- a processor for successively controlling the magnet to apply a magnetic field to orient the medical device in each of the new positions of the pattern.
A method of operating a magnetic navigation system to apply a magnetic field in a selected direction in an operating region in a subject to magnetically orient a medical device in the operating region, the method comprising:
- selecting one of a plurality of patterns of new orientations;
- and
- successively applying a magnetic field to orient the medical device in each new orientation of the pattern.
The method according to claim 135 wherein the patterns include a spiral surrounding the current orientation of the medical device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.