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US 7,985,187 B2Granted
Airway bypass site selection and treatment planning
AssigneeBroncus Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHenky Wibowo, Edmund J. Roschak, Thomas M. Keast, Cary Cole
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Abstract
This invention relates to systems and methods for site selection and placement of extra-anatomic passages altering gaseous flow in a diseased lung.
Claims21
A method of assessing a plurality of treatment sites in airways of a lung of a patient, the method comprising:
- selecting the plurality of sites within the airways of the diseased lung;
- determining at least one anatomic characteristic of each site;
- assessing a degree of a plurality of diseased regions in the lung;
- using a computer to calculate a score for each site based on the degree of the plurality of diseased regions in the lung, at least one anatomic characteristic of each site and a proximity of the site to at least one of the diseased regions;
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- displaying each score in association with each site in graphical form on a computer assisted display or visualization system.
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A method for identifying treatment sites in airways of a patient's lung for treatment by a surgical system comprising at least one component device, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one parameter of the component device;
- identifying a target region in the airway based on at least one anatomical parameter;
- locating at least one location of diseased lung tissue;
- using a computer to automatically select at least one treatment site by assessing the anatomy between at least one of the potential treatment sites and at least one location of diseased lung;
- and
- displaying the plurality of treatment sites in data, electronic or graphic form on a computer assisted display or visualization system.
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A method for ranking treatment sites in a lung from a previously obtained set of image data, said method comprising:
- identifying a plurality of candidate treatment sites in an airway in the lung;
- ranking the treatment sites to obtain a first treatment site on a computer;
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- visually displaying a path to said first treatment site on a computer assisted display or visualization system.
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