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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2011
Vincent Duindam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carolyn M. Fenech, San Jose, CA (US);
Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kwok Wai Samuel AU, Mountain View, CA (US);
Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vincent Duindam, Mountain View, CA (US);
Catherine J. Mohr, Mountain View, CA (US);
Carolyn M. Fenech, San Jose, CA (US);
Giuseppe Maria Prisco, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kwok Wai Samuel Au, Mountain View, CA (US);
Caitlin Q. Donhowe, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A medical system includes a catheter and a vision probe that can be removed from the catheter and replaced with a medical probe. The vision probe can thus be used to steer and pose the catheter, and then be removed and replaced with the medical probe when a medical task such as a lung biopsy is performed. A sensor system in the catheter at least partly measures a pose of the catheter, and control logic controls actuation of the catheter to maintain the desired working configuration when the medical probe is used. A small diameter catheter can thus provide vision and biopsy functionality.