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US 2010/0249506 A1Published application
Method and system for assisting an operator in endoscopic navigation
AssigneeIntuitive Surgical, Inc.
InventorGiuseppe Prisco
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Abstract
Navigation guidance is provided to an operator of an endoscope by determining a current position and shape of the endoscope relative to a reference frame, generating an endoscope computer model according to the determined position and shape, and displaying the endoscope computer model along with a patient computer model referenced to the reference frame so as to be viewable by the operator while steering the endoscope within the patient.
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A computer implemented method for assisting an operator in endoscopic navigation, the method comprising:
- referencing a computer model of a patient to a reference frame;
- determining a current position and shape of an endoscopic device relative to the reference frame;
- generating a computer model of the endoscopic device according to the determined current position and shape;
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- displaying the computer models of the endoscopic device and patient on a display screen so as to provide the endoscopic navigation assistance to the operator.
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A system comprising:
- a display screen;
- an endoscopic device;
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- a processor adapted to reference a computer model of a patient to a reference frame, determine a current position and shape of the endoscopic device relative to the reference frame, generate a computer model of the endoscopic device according to the determined current position and shape, and display the computer models of the endoscopic device and patient on the display screen so as to provide endoscopic navigation assistance to an operator of the system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.