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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2016
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
David Paul Noonan, New York, NY (US);
Molly Lara Flexman, Melrose, MA (US);
Aryeh Leib Reinstein, Bronx, NY (US);
Neriman Nicoletta Kahya, Eindhoven, NL;
Martinus Bernardus Van Der Mark, Best, NL;
Sander Hans Denissen, Best, NL;
Eibert Gerjan Van Putten, 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A hub for an optical shape sensing reference includes a hub body () configured to receive an elongated flexible instrument () with a shape sensing system coupled to the flexible instrument within a path formed in the hub body. A profile () is formed in the hub body in the path to impart a hub template configured to distinguish a portion of the elongated flexible instrument within the hub in shape sensing data. An attachment mechanism () is formed on the hub body to detachably connect the hub body to a deployable instrument such that a change in a position of the hub body indicates a corresponding change in the deployable device.