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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2014
Gal Sela, Toronto, CA;
Neil Witcomb, Toronto, CA;
David Gallop, Toronto, CA;
Kelly Noel Dyer, Toronto, CA;
Wes Hodges, Toronto, CA;
Gal Sela, Toronto, CA;
Neil Witcomb, Toronto, CA;
David Gallop, Toronto, CA;
Kelly Noel Dyer, Toronto, CA;
Wes Hodges, Toronto, CA;
Synaptive Medical (Barbados) Inc., Bridgetown, BB;
Abstract
A method and computing device for displaying surgical path data are provided. The computing device includes an input device, a display, a memory and a processor. The memory stores (i) an image of a volume of patient tissue having an outer surface, and (ii) anatomical data defining anatomical features of the volume. The processor receives an identifier of a target location within the volume; generates a plurality of paths from the outer surface to the target location, each path having a start point located on the outer surface, and an end point at the target location; for each of the plurality of paths, determines a score based on a comparison between the path and the anatomical data; and controls the display to present the outer surface and, at the locations of the start points, indications of the respective scores of the paths corresponding to the start points.