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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2015
Acclarent, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Randy J. Kesten, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rohit Girotra, Mountain View, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A method includes receiving image data, receiving surgical procedure data, and generating an operation plan. The image data is associated with anatomical structures in a nasal cavity of a patient. The image data and the surgical procedure data are received through a computing system. The act of generating an operation plan includes identifying a path for a surgical instrument in accordance with the image data and in accordance with the surgical procedure data. The act of generating the operation plan is performed through a computing system. The act of generating an operation plan further includes generating one or more instructional images depicting the identified path for the surgical instrument in a depiction of anatomical structures in the nasal cavity of the patient.