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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2019
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Dorian Averbuch, Ramat HaSharon, IL;
Assignee:
COVIDIEN LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/00 (2011.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 19/003 (2013.01); A61B 5/066 (2013.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 1/00009 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02);
Abstract
Navigation through a network of body passages, such as through the airways, is improved by a method of displaying information which provides a fly-through visualization of the passageway. As landmarks or waypoints are passed, the view changes to a next segment in a planned pathway to a target. Such a visualization technique avoids tunnel vision, such as that encountered while using real-time endoscopes.