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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2015
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/00 (2006.01); A61B 1/005 (2006.01); A61B 1/012 (2006.01); A61B 1/018 (2006.01); A61B 1/04 (2006.01); A61B 1/05 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 8/13 (2006.01); A61B 90/57 (2016.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 1/0005 (2013.01); A61B 1/0014 (2013.01); A61B 1/0052 (2013.01); A61B 1/00128 (2013.01); A61B 1/00137 (2013.01); A61B 1/00147 (2013.01); A61B 1/012 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 1/042 (2013.01); A61B 1/05 (2013.01); A61B 1/2676 (2013.01); A61B 5/055 (2013.01); A61B 5/06 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 5/415 (2013.01); A61B 5/418 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/037 (2013.01); A61B 8/13 (2013.01); A61B 90/50 (2016.02); A61B 90/57 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods for endoscopic procedures employ a first technique to ensure initial correct alignment of an endoscope () with a desired target (). A reference image () is then acquired from an imaging arrangement associated with the endoscope. During a subsequent stage of the procedure, tracking of the endoscope position relative to the target is performed partially or entirely by image-based tracking by comparing features in real-time video image () produced by imaging arrangement with features in the reference image (). The feature comparison may be performed visually by a user, or may be automated to offer more specific corrective suggestions to the user.