Methods and Systems for Automated Steering of Guidewires

A method for automated generation of three-dimensional vessel maps and automated steering of guidewires through vasculature represented by the generated three-dimensional vessel maps, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a magnetic steering control component, volumetric imaging associated with a patient;
• generating, prior to an operation on the patient, by the magnetic steering control component, a three-dimensional vessel map based upon the accessed volumetric imaging;
• generating, prior to the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, a path from an initial point in a vasculature of the patient to a target location in the vasculature based upon the generated three-dimensional vessel map;
• displaying, prior to the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, in a graphical user interface, the three-dimensional vessel map and the generated path;
• receiving, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, from the graphical user interface, input representing a modification to the generated path;
• modifying, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, the generated path based upon the received input;
• and
• directing, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, at least one of a medical robot arm and a motorized guidewire advancing unit to modify a location of a magnetically steerable intravascular guidewire through the vasculature of the patient in accordance with the modified path.

A method for automated generation of three-dimensional vessel maps and automated steering of guidewires through vasculature represented by the generated three-dimensional vessel maps, the method comprising:

• accessing, by a magnetic steering control component, volumetric imaging associated with a patient;
• generating, prior to an operation on the patient, by the magnetic steering control component, a three-dimensional vessel map based upon the accessed volumetric imaging;
• generating, prior to the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, a path from an initial point in a vasculature of the patient to a target location in the vasculature based upon the generated three-dimensional vessel map;
• displaying, prior to the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, in a graphical user interface, the three-dimensional vessel map and the generated path;
• receiving, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, from the graphical user interface, input representing a modification to the generated path;
• modifying, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, the generated path based upon the received input;
• and
• directing, during the operation, by the magnetic steering control component, modification of a location of a magnetically steerable intravascular guidewire in the vasculature of the patient in accordance with the modified path.