Covidien LP

Oren P Weingarten

Evgeni Kopel

Guy Alexandroni

Dafna Mardix

Michael E Calcutt

Irina Shevlev

Scott E Frushour

Daniel Ovadia

Mark Zbarjevsky

Scott Frushour

A system and method for confirming placement of a biopsy tool in a target including a navigation component to track the position of a catheter navigated into a luminal network, and a catheter configured to receive a biopsy tool. The system and method receive a first plurality of fluoroscopic images, generate a first fluoroscopic three-dimensional reconstruction from the plurality of fluoroscopic images, and present a first slice of the 3D reconstruction depicting the catheter in relation to a target visible in the slice of the 3D reconstruction.

System for fluoroscopic tracking of a catheter to update the relative position of a target and the catheter in a 3D model of a luminal network

Systems and methods for visualizing navigation of a medical device with respect to a target using a live fluoroscopic view. The methods include displaying, in a screen, a three-dimensional (3D) view of a 3D model of a target from the perspective of a medical device tip. The methods also include displaying, in the screen, a live two-dimensional (2D) fluoroscopic view showing a medical device, and displaying a target mark, which corresponds to the 3D model of the target, overlaid on the live 2D fluoroscopic view. The methods may include determining whether the medical device tip is aligned with the target, displaying the target mark in a first color if the medical device tip is aligned with the target, and displaying the target mark in second color different from the first color if the medical device tip is not aligned with the target.

Systems and methods for visualizing navigation of medical devices relative to targets

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Oren P Weingarten