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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 12, 2014
Applicant:
Intuitive Surgical Operations Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Carol Reiley, Mountain View, CA (US);
Assignee:
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 10/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/066 (2013.01); A61B 5/743 (2013.01); A61B 17/34 (2013.01); A61B 34/25 (2016.02); A61M 25/01 (2013.01); A61M 25/0105 (2013.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); A61B 2010/045 (2013.01); A61B 2034/107 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of guiding an interventional instrument within a patient anatomy comprises processing a target location within the patient anatomy and receiving a position for a tip portion of an interventional instrument at a first location within the patient anatomy. The method also comprises determining a three-dimensional distance between the first location and the target location and displaying a symbol representing the target location and a symbol representing the tip portion of the interventional instrument.