Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Gregory Cole

Molly Lara Flexman

David Paul Noonan

Neriman Nicoletta Kahya

Vijay Parthasarathy

Hao Su

Aditya Mehendale

Funda Sahin

Ehsan Dehghan Marvast

Bharat Ramachandran

Paul Thienphrapa

Marissa Patricia Dreyer

Rex Yung

A medical device for the electromagnetic tracking of a medical instrument transported through the medical device. The medical device has a central axis and a channel that receives and transports a medical instrument through the medical device. The channel extends to a distal portion of the medical device and connects with an opening in the medical device that is not aligned with the central axis. The medical device includes a tracking component that is a plurality of coordinated electromagnetic sensors for generating a virtual axis of travel for the medical instrument, with the virtual axis passing through the opening of the device and being aligned with tool insertion axis.

Virtually-oriented electromagnetic tracking system for medical instrument navigation

A system for medical device deployment includes an optical shape sensing (OSS) system () associated with a deployable medical device () or a deployment instrument (). The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of the deployable medical device and/or deployment instrument. A registration module () is configured to register OSS data with imaging data to permit placement of the deployable medical device. An image processing module () is configured to create a visual representation (′) of the deployable medical device and to jointly display the deployable medical device with the imaging data.

Endograft visualization with optical shape sensing

A medical device deployment system includes a main body () and a guidewire () capable of being passed through the main body and including a lumen. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system () is configured to pass through the lumen in the guidewire. The OSS system is configured to measure shape, position or orientation of an endograft () relative to a blood vessel for placement of the endograft.

Device visualization through optical shape sensing of a guidewire

An endograft () includes a stent structure. An optical shape sensing (OSS) system () is associated with the endograft and is configured to measure shape, position and/or orientation of the stent structure. The OSS system () is connected to the stent structure and removable in a plurality of ways. Methods for deployment and removal of the OSS system are also provided.

Endograft visualization with pre-integrated or removable optical shape sensing attachments

A system and method for tracking and determining characteristics of an inflatable medical instrument that is configured for interventional deployment. The system includes a guidewire that is positioned within a lumen of the inflatable medical instrument. The guidewire includes an optical fiber for a FORS system. The FORS system is configured to measure a shape of the guidewire during the interventional deployment of the inflatable medical instrument. A shape analysis module is configured to analyze the FORS data from the FORS system and determine characteristics of the inflatable medical instrument, including the diameter of the inflatable instrument, the pressurization of the instrument, whether the instrument has ruptured and the position of the inflatable instrument during an interventional procedure.

System and method for tracking and determining characteristics of inflatable medical instruments using fiber-optical realshape data

A system and medical device for the electromagnetic tracking of a medical instrument transported through the medical device. The medical device has a central axis and a channel that receives and transports a medical instrument through the medical device. The channel extends to a distal portion of the medical device and connects with an opening in the medical device that is not aligned with the central axis. The medical device includes a tracking component that is a plurality of coordinated electromagnetic sensors for generating a virtual axis of travel for the medical instrument, with the virtual axis passing through the opening of the device and being aligned with tool insertion axis.

Virtually-oriented electromagnetic tracking coil for catheter based navigation

A robotic system for operating a endovascular deployment device () including a treatment device () mounted to a delivery tool () connected to a proximal control (), and further including an optical shape sensor () (e.g., an endograft endovascular deployment device incorporating an optical shape sensor). The robotic system employs a robot () attachable to proximal control () and/or delivery tool () for navigating the treatment device () within a cardiovascular system (e.g., a robot controlling an axial rotation and/or axial translation of an endograft mounted to a sheath catheter). The robotic system further employs a robot controller () for controlling a navigation of treatment device () within the cardiovascular system by the robot () derived from a spatial registration between a shaping sensing by the optical shape sensor () of a portion or entirety of endovascular deployment device () to a medical image of the cardiovascular system (e.g., an X-ray/reconstructed image of an abdominal aorta).

Robotic control of an endovascular deployment device with optical shape sensing feedback

An instrument driving mechanism includes an instrument drive assembly () including a first set of wheels () coupled to a first end portion and a second set () of wheels coupled to a second end portion opposite the first end portion. The first set of wheels is configured to engage an elongated instrument () therein such that a rotation plane of the first set of wheels is coplanar with a longitudinal axis of the instrument. The second set of wheels is configured to engage the elongated instrument therein such that a rotation plane of the second set of wheels is obliquely oriented with the longitudinal axis of the instrument wherein motion of the instrument is controlled by controlling rotations of the wheels. The instrument drive assembly mounts to a mounting position () of a medical device that permits the instrument to pass therethrough and is configured to fix a position of the instrument drive assembly to enable positioning of the instrument.

Handheld catheter driver with endoscope mount utilizing friction-driven wheel mechanism

A registration device includes an attachment piece () configured to conform with and attach to an imaging probe (), in particular an internal or external ultrasound probe such as a TEE probe. A pathway () formed in or on the attachment piece is configured to receive an optical shape sensing device (OSS fiber) such that the optical shape sensing device can free float (no tip fixation) to permit longitudinal twisting within the pathway. The pathway includes a distinctive geometry for shaping the OSS device such that the distinctive geometry provides a template pattern () within an image collected using the imaging probe module to permit registration between imaging coordinates and OSS coordinates. A registration module () is configured to compare a stored shape template () with an image () including the template pattern to permit the registration (unique transformation).

Automatic tracking and registration of ultrasound probe using optical shape sensing without tip fixation

A pre-curved steerable catheter includes a catheter body () having a distal end portion. The distal end portion includes a permanently curved flexible end portion (). A pull wire () is disposed in a pull wire lumen within the catheter body. The pull wire extends from the distal end portion to a proximal end portion of the catheter body wherein the pull wire, when tensioned, provides a change in an angle of the curved flexible end portion of the catheter body.

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Gregory Cole