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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2022
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Vadim Gliner, Haifa, IL;
Assaf Govari, Haifa, IL;
Alon Boumendil, Givat Nili, IL;
Yair Palti, Herzelia, IL;
Remi Bettan, Haifa, IL;
Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd., Yokneam, IL;
Abstract
In one embodiment, a medical apparatus, includes a medical instrument configured to move within a passage in a body of a patient, a position tracking system to track coordinates of the medical instrument within the body, a display screen, and a processor to register the position tracking system and a 3D computerized tomography (CT) image of at least a part of the body within a common frame of reference, find a 3D path of the medical instrument through the passage from a start point to a termination point within the common frame of reference, compute a direction to the 3D path from the medical instrument responsively to the tracked coordinates, and render and simultaneously display on the display screen respective 2D CT slices, based on the 3D CT image, including respective 2D indications of the direction to the 3D path from the instrument projected onto the respective 2D CT slices.