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Patent No.:

US 12758116 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 13, 2026

Filed:

Nov. 15, 2024

Systems and methods for registration of a medical device using a reduced search space

Applicant:

Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Inventors:

Vincent Duindam, San Francisco, CA (US);

Prashant Chopra, Foster City, CA (US);

Assignee:

INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC., Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Attorney:

Haynes & Boone, LLP.

Primary Examiner:

Rochelle D Turchen

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.01); A61B 34/20 (2016.01); A61B 34/30 (2016.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 5/066 (2013.01); A61B 5/00 (2013.01); A61B 5/061 (2013.01); A61B 5/065 (2013.01); A61B 34/10 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 34/30 (2016.02); G06T 7/0012 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2034/108 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2061 (2016.02); A61B 2034/301 (2016.02); A61B 2090/365 (2016.02);
Abstract

A method comprises identifying connected anatomical structures in stored images of a patient anatomy and generating a plurality of cylindrical linkage elements representing the connected anatomical structures. The method also comprises receiving tracking data corresponding to a point on an instrument positioned within at least one of the connected anatomical structures; and matching the point on the instrument to one of the plurality of cylindrical linkage elements.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Duindam, Vincent. (2026). Systems and methods for registration of a medical device using a reduced search space (U.S. Patent No. 12758116). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12758116

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