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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 23, 2016
The University of North Carolina AT Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN (US);
Ron Alterovitz, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Luis Guillermo Torres, Carrboro, NC (US);
Philip Joseph Swaney, Nashville, TN (US);
Hunter Bryant Gilbert, Nashville, TN (US);
Robert James Webster, Nashville, TN (US);
Richard Joseph Hendrick, Nashville, TN (US);
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY, Nashville, TN (US);
Abstract
Systems for controlling concentric tube probes are disclosed. In some examples, the system includes a concentric tube position display interface and a control system. The concentric tube display interface includes a display for displaying visual feedback to a user indicating a position (and possibly orientation) of a tip of a concentric tube probe and a user input device for receiving user input from the user designating a goal position (and possibly orientation) for the tip of the concentric tube probe. The control system is configured for interactive-rate motion planning of the concentric tube probe by creating, in real-time or near real-time, a motion plan to move the tip of the concentric tube probe to the goal position (and possibly orientation) while avoiding contact by the concentric tube probe with one or more obstacles and for configuring the concentric tube probe as specified by the motion plan.