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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 18, 2015
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vahid Saadat, Atherton, CA (US);
Antony Jonathan Fields, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zachary J. Malchano, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chris Rothe, San Mateo, CA (US);
Veerappan Swanimathan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Jason Paul Watson, San Jose, CA (US);
Bryan Wylie, San Jose, CA (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer implemented method comprises activating a control mechanism on a catheter handle in a first direction with respect to a user to steer a distal end of a catheter within a body in a second direction while the catheter handle is in a first rotational position. The control mechanism includes a first indicator associated with the first direction. The computer implemented method also includes obtaining an image from the distal end of the catheter of a tissue region of interest within the body and calibrating a first rotational motion of the catheter handle with a rotational motion of the image. With the catheter handle in a second rotational position that is different than the first rotational position, the control mechanism activated in the first direction with respect to the user moves the distal end of the catheter in the second direction.