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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2021
Applicant:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin Hendricks, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Lawton, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/00 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); A61B 90/20 (2016.01); G16H 30/40 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/20 (2016.02); A61B 90/37 (2016.02); G16H 30/40 (2018.01); A61B 2034/256 (2016.02);
Abstract
A system provides a computer-implemented rendered visualization of a surgeon's path or 'roadmap' to a particular target region during a surgical case are disclosed herein. The system includes an approach library in communication with an operating microscope that includes data related to various surgical approach sequences, or “roadmaps” to various target regions. The approach library can be populated by the system and analyzed for variance and trends, as well as provide direct or indirect instruction and guidance through a display member during a surgical case.