Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access

US10803662B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · US
• VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY · US

Inventors

• Ron Alterovitz · Berkeley, US
• Richard H. Feins · Chapel Hill, US
• Bryan I. Hartley · Redwood City, US
• Alan David Kuntz · Chapel Hill, US
• Erik Lamers · Washington, US
• Arthur W. Mahoney · Nashville, US
• Andria Annette Remirez · Nashville, US
• Philip J. Swaney · Nashville, US
• Robert J. Webster · Nashville, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 23, 2016
• Grant date: Oct 13, 2020
• Expiry date: Mar 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2210/41
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Methods, systems, and computer readable media for transoral lung access. In some examples, the system includes a bronchoscope, a concentric tube probe deployable from within the bronchoscope, and a steerable needle nested deployable from within the concentric tube probe. The system can include a control system for deploying the concentric tube probe from the bronchoscope into a lung to a location where a target is within a range of the steerable needle and for deploying the steerable needle from the location to the target.