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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2024
Noah Medical Corporation, San Carlos, CA (US);
Tao Zhao, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zhongming Shen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Nickolas Simon Saba, San Carlos, CA (US);
Noah Medical Corporation, San Carlos, CA (US);
Abstract
A robotic endoscopic system and method confirm whether a tool has reached a target region within a subject using tomosynthesis. While the tool is advanced into the target region, a fluoroscopic imager acquires a plurality of images, and a three-dimensional (3D) fluoroscopic image is reconstructed from the plurality of images. A first slice is identified from the 3D fluoroscopic image in which the target region is in focus and a second slice is identified in which the tool is in focus, and a depth coordinate is determined for each. A difference between the coordinates is compared with a threshold derived from a dimension of the target region to determine, in a quantitative manner, whether the tool is positioned within the target region.