Visualization of procedural guidelines for a medical procedure
AssigneeBrainlab AG
InventorsRainer Birkenbach, Christoph Pedain, Andreas Hartlep, Raghu Raghavan, Martin Brady
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Abstract
The visualization of procedural guidelines for a medical procedure, in which a medical instrument is shown in an image representation of a body portion including an area in which a medical procedure is to be carried out, wherein, in the vicinity of the functional portion of the instrument, regions or locations are indicated which are of special relevance to the procedure according to established guidelines for said procedure.
Claims17
A method for visualizing procedural guidelines for positioning a catheter for for administration of a substance to a body portion of a patient, comprising the steps of:
- displaying an image representation of the body portion including an area in which the administration is to be carried out;
- displaying in the image representation of the body portion an image representation of a delivering portion of the catheter;
- indicating in the image representation prior to administration of the substance, in the vicinity of the delivering portion of the catheter, regions or locations which are of particular relevance to the administration according to at least one established guideline for the administration, the established guideline being selected from a group of established guidelines that respectively determine regions or locations in which
- the delivered substance is expected to spread,
- the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from critical tissue portions, and
- the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from other delivering portions of other catheters.
A system for visualizing procedural guidelines for positioning a catheter for a for administration of a substance to a body portion of a patient, comprising:
- a processor circuit having a processor and a memory;
- a visualization system stored in the memory and executable by the processor, the visualization system comprising:
- logic that displays an image representation of the body portion including an area in which the administration is to be carried out;
- logic that displays in the image representation of the body portion an image representation of a delivering portion of the catheter;
- logic that indicates in the image representation, in the vicinity of the delivering portion of the catheter, regions or locations which are of particular relevance to the administration according to at least one established guideline for the administration, the established guideline being selected from a group of established guidelines that respectively determine regions or locations in which
- the delivered substance is expected to spread,
- the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from critical tissue portions, and
- the delivering portion of the catheter is to be placed in order to afford a sufficient distance from other delivering portions of other catheters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.