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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2022
Applicant:
Broncus Medical Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Thomas M. Keast, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Broncus Medical Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2057 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2065 (2016.02);
Abstract
A method and system for assisting a physician compute the 3D location of the tip of a surgical device inserted into a patient is described. A trained model computes the 3D location of the hidden portion of the surgical device based on live image data of the operative field. A display shows the tip of the surgical device and a 3D model of the body organ in a fused arrangement.