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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2023
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Prashant Chopra, Foster City, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dorin Panescu, San Jose, CA (US);
Lei Fan, South Setauket, NY (US);
INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A method performed by a computing system comprises receiving a first set of spatial information from an instrument positioned within an anatomic passageway. The first set of spatial information includes a plurality of spatial data records including position information for a distal end of the instrument at a plurality of time periods. The method further comprises ordering the plurality of spatial data records in a time-gathered order. The method further comprises evaluating a spatial relationship between first and second consecutive spatial data records of the plurality of spatial data records. The method further comprises filtering the first set of spatial information based upon the evaluated spatial relationship.