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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2018
Filed:
May. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prashant Chopra, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dorin Panescu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lei Fan, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 5/7425 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method of tracking a medical instrument comprises receiving a model of an anatomical passageway formation and receiving a set of ordered sensor records for the medical instrument. The set of ordered sensor records provide a path history of the medical instrument. The method further comprises registering the medical instrument with the model of the anatomical passageway formation based on the path history.