Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Elizabeth A Stokley

Michael S H Chu

Timothy Paul Harrah

Peter J Pereira

Brandon Wesley Craft

Chad Schneider

Mark Hera

Ronald Ciulla

Kenneth P Reever

David Salto

Sebastian Koerner

Candace Rhodes

Erik E Sperry

Anant Subramaniam

Paul James Fearis

Jerry Timothy Long

Aaron K Kirkemo

Mark A Hera

A guidance device is disclosed. The device may comprise a tracking pad with a guiding opening and a plurality of sensors operable with at least one beacon on a needle to track the disposition of the needle at least when a distal end of the needle is inserted into the guiding opening. Related systems and methods are also disclosed.

Surgical guidance devices, systems, and methods

Aspects of stone identification methods and systems are described. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: transmitting to a processing unit, with an imaging element mounted on a distal end of a scope, image data about a stone object inside a body cavity; generating from the image data, with the processing unit, a visual representation of the stone object and the body cavity; establishing from a user input, with the processing unit, a scale for the visual representation; determining from the visual representation, with the processing unit, a size of the stone object on the scale; comparing, with the processing unit, the size of the stone object with a predetermined maximum size to determine a removal status; and augmenting, with the processing unit, the visual representation to include an indicator responsive to the removal status. Associated systems are also described.

Stone identification methods and systems

Growing community of inventors

Raleigh, NC, United States of America

Elizabeth A Stokley