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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Thienphrapa, Cambridge, MA (US);
Torre Michelle Bydlon, Melrose, MA (US);
Prasad Vagdargi, Cambridge, MA (US);
Sean Joseph Kyne, Brookline, MA (US);
Aleksandra Popovic, Boston, MA (US);
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure encompass a visual endoscopic guidance device employing an endoscopic viewing controller () for controlling a display of an endoscopic view () of an anatomical structure, and a visual guidance controller () for controlling of a display one or more guided manipulation anchors (-) within the display of the endoscopic view () of the anatomical structure. A guided manipulation anchor (-) is representative of location marking and/or a motion directive of a guided manipulation of the anatomical structure. The visual guidance controller () further controls a display of a hidden feature anchor relative to the display of the endoscopic view () of the anatomical structure. The hidden feature anchor () being representative of a position (e.g., a location and/or an orientation) of a guided visualization of the hidden feature of the anatomical structure.