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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2022
Imactis, Saint-Martin-d'Heres, FR;
Lionel Carrat, Saint Martin d'Heres, FR;
Stephane Lavallee, Martin d'Uriage, FR;
Ivan Bricault, Grenoble, FR;
Florence Billet, Grenoble, FR;
Patrick-Denis Simonovici, Grenoble, FR;
Agnes Labadie, Grenoble, FR;
Imactis, La Tronche, FR;
Abstract
A system for planning introduction of a needle in a patient's body, includes a needle guide configured to be coupled to a needle and a localization system configured for tracking the needle guide with respect to the patient's body. The system includes a processor configured for determining a virtual position and orientation of the needle with respect to the 3D image using localization data of the needle guide, thereby defining a virtual needle having the virtual position and orientation, detecting a part of the needle that has already been inserted into the patient's body as a trace in the 3D medical image, computing a distance between the virtual needle and the detected needle, and determining a representation of the computed distance that can be displayed.