Graphical user interface for planning a procedure

US11571262B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• INTUITIVE SURGICAL OPERATIONS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Bai Wang · Palo Alto, US
• Federico Barbagli · San Francisco, US
• Energy Cruse, II · Foster City, US
• Scott S. Ichikawa · Seattle, US
• Pechin Chien Pau Lo · Santa Clara, US
• Oscar G. Salazar · Sunnyvale, US
• Aaron B. Tinling · Chimacum, US
• Oliver J. Wagner · Mountain View, US
• Tao Zhao · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 18, 2018
• Grant date: Feb 7, 2023
• Expiry date: Nov 27, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61B2034/107
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A system and method of planning a procedure includes a planning workstation including: a display system; and a user input device. The planning workstation is configured to: display image data via the display system; receive a first user input via the user input device; display via the display system a target of a medical procedure within the displayed image data identified based at least on the first user input; display an interactive image via the display system, the interactive image including the image data, a plurality of connected anatomical passageways, and the identified target; receive a second user input via the user input device; display via the display system a trajectory between the target and an exit point along a nearest passageway of the plurality of connected anatomical passageways identified based at least on the second user input; receive a third user input via the user input device; and adjust the interactive image based at least on the defined trajectory and the third user input.