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US 2014/0276937 A1Published application
Systems and methods for tracking robotically controlled medical instruments
AssigneeHansen Medical, Inc.
InventorsSerena Wong, Sean Walker, Jason Hsu, June Park, Neal Tanner, Kiran Murthy
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for tracking an elongate instrument or other medical instrument in an image.
Claims53
A robotic system for manipulating a tool with respect to a target space, where the tool comprises a sensor coupled thereto, the system comprising:
- a robotic drive system comprising at least one actuator, the robotic drive system configured to couple with the tool to position the tool with respect to the target space;
- a controller configured to use a registration between a sensor frame and a target space frame such that the controller can direct the robotic drive system in the target space frame using the registration.
A system for controlling a medical device within a patient for performing a procedure on a patient, where the medical device comprises a sensor coupled thereto, the system comprising:
- a user input device;
- an actuator configured to manipulate and reposition the medical device;
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- a controller configured to convert the user input into a plurality of signals based on registration of a sensor reference frame to a patient reference frame.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.