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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2021
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Fatemeh Akbarian, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Athanasios Papadakis, Newport Beach, CA (US);
Jordan R. Trott, Redondo Beach, CA (US);
Noam Racheli, Hadera, IL;
Itamar Bustan, Zichron Ya'acov, IL;
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US);
Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
A virtual camera may be positioned relative to a 3-D model of a patient anatomy in order to provide a virtual camera view of the surrounding anatomy and tracked surgical instruments being deployed to the anatomy. Visual context provided by the virtual camera may be limited in some cases, such as where a surgical instrument is being used within a very narrow anatomical passageway or cavity. To provide more placement flexibility, an IGS system providing a virtual camera receives inputs defining variable visual characteristics for different segments or regions of the 3-D model, which may include hiding certain segments or making certain segments semi-transparent. With such a system, the view of the 3-D model provided by the virtual camera view may be modified to remove or deemphasize less relevant segments, to display or emphasize more relevant segments (e.g., critical patient anatomy), or both.