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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2022
Applicant:
Covidien Lp, Mansfield, MA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Covidien LP, Mansfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 10/04 (2006.01); A61B 5/05 (2021.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); A61B 6/03 (2006.01); A61B 6/40 (2024.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/03 (2013.01); A61B 6/4085 (2013.01); A61B 6/4405 (2013.01); A61B 6/5223 (2013.01); A61B 90/11 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method of performing a surgical procedure includes obtaining images of a patient's anatomy using a cone beam computed tomography machine while the patient is sedated, identifying an area of interest in the images obtained by the cone beam computed tomography machine, identifying a pathway to the identified area of interest using the images obtained by the cone beam computed tomography machine, and navigating a catheter within the patient's airways to the identified area of interest using the identified pathway.