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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2017
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Niraj P. Rauniyar, Plymouth, MN (US);
Timothy P. Harrah, Cambridge, MA (US);
Peter J. Pereira, Mendon, MA (US);
William M. Asselin, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);
Brandon W. Craft, Edgewater, MD (US);
Adam P. Nodiff, Southborough, MA (US);
Chad Schneider, Owings Mills, MD (US);
William Stanhope, Lunenburg, MA (US);
Eric Wong, South Grafton, MA (US);
Kimberly DeGraaf, Holden, MA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Guidance systems and associated methods are disclosed. One method comprises: receiving macroscan data prior to an operation; defining a body information model from the macroscan data; positioning a navigation component in the body during the operation; generating microscan data with the navigation component; correlating a location in the macroscan data with a location in the microscan data in the body information model; and/or modifying the body information model by combining an image in the microscan data with an image in the macroscan data.