Canon U.s.a., Inc.

The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.

Lydia G Olson

Takahisa Kato

Devashree S Desai

Kazufumi Onuma

Nobuhiko Hata

Yasumichi Arimitsu

Brian Ninni

Junichi Tokuda

Kemal Tuncali

Sang-Eun Song

A method of performing a percutaneous multi-probe treatment includes: acquiring a scan image of an object to be treated with multi-probe percutaneous insertions; determining a first point in a region of interest (ROI) in the scan image; determining a second point at a surface of the object in the scan image; generating a reference trajectory by connecting the first point and the second point; arranging, around the first point, a number of third points corresponding to tips of probes to be inserted into the object; generating planned insertion trajectories for the probes based on the number of probes to be inserted and the reference trajectory; and causing a monitor to display superposed on the scan image, at least one of the planned insertion trajectories. The planned insertion trajectories extend in a geometric relationship to the reference trajectory and pass through the third points and through one or more second points.

System and method for multiple probe percutaneous intervention

Multiple probe ablation planning

A positioning apparatus including a needle holder having a through hole for regulating needle placement and movement, a needle positioning unit, and an engagement member that fixes a position of the needle holder with respect to the needle positioning unit. The needle holder is either least partially detachably attached to the needle positioning unit or deformable. The positioning apparatus may be designed to accommodate the placement of multiple needles.

Needle positioning apparatus

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Swampscott, MA, United States of America

Lydia G Olson