Systems and methods for guiding a medical instrument
OwnerTroy D. Paynerinventor
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Abstract
This document discusses, among other things, a system for guiding a medical instrument within a body of a subject. The system includes a generic anatomical representation of at least a portion of the subject, a processing device, and a display device communicatively coupled to the processing device. The processing device is configured to determine a position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation based on a position of the medical instrument relative to the subject. The display device configured to display the generic anatomical representation and a representation of the position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation.
Claims28
A system for guiding a medical instrument with respect to a subject, the system comprising:
- a generic anatomical representation of at least a portion of the subject;
- and
- a processing device configured to:
- determine a position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation based on a position of the medical instrument relative to the subject;
- and
- a display device communicatively coupled to the processing device, the display device configured to display the generic anatomical representation and a representation of the position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation.
A method for guiding a medical instrument with respect to a subject, the method comprising:
- providing at least one landmark positioned relative to the subject;
- providing a generic anatomical representation of at least a portion of the subject;
- determining a position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation based on a position of the medical instrument relative to the landmark;
- and
- displaying the generic anatomical representation;
- and
- displaying a representation of the position of the medical instrument relative to the generic anatomical representation.
A system for guiding a medical instrument with respect to a subject, the system comprising:
- a landmark positioned relative to the subject;
- and
- a processing device configured to:
- associate a reference plane relative to the landmark with a midplane of at least a portion of the subject;
- determine a position of the medical instrument relative to the midplane using a position of the landmark relative to the subject along with the position of the medical instrument relative to the landmark;
- and
- a display device communicatively coupled to the processing device, wherein the processing device is configured to direct the display device to display a representation of the position of the medical instrument relative to the midplane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.