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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11172895 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 2021

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2016

Visualization, navigation, and planning with electromagnetic navigation bronchoscopy and cone beam computed tomography integrated

Applicant:

Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);

Inventors:

William J. Dickhans, Longmont, CO (US);

Kaylen J. Haley, Westminster, CO (US);

Assignee:

Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);

Attorney:

Carter, DeLuca & Farrell LLP

Primary Examiner:

Amelie R Davis

Assistant Examiner:

John Denny Li

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/12 (2006.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 1/267 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 10/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/12 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 6/032 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/463 (2013.01); A61B 6/487 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61B 18/1206 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 18/1815 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); A61B 1/267 (2013.01); A61B 6/4441 (2013.01); A61B 6/466 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00982 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1823 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3764 (2016.02);
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to systems, devices and methods for providing visual guidance for navigating inside a patient's chest. An exemplary method includes presenting a three-dimensional (3D) model of a luminal network, generating, by an electromagnetic (EM) field generator, an EM field about the patient's chest, detecting a location of an EM sensor within the EM field, determining a position of a tool within the patient's chest based on the detected location of the EM sensor, displaying an indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model, receiving cone beam computed tomography (CBCT) image data of the patient's chest, detecting the location of the tool within the patient's chest based on the CBCT image data, and updating the indication of the position of the tool on the 3D model based on the detected location.

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