Image space controlled manual catheter
US12303656B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 15, 2024 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2044 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/50
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A steerable catheter system includes a steerable catheter including a handle and a steerable elongated body. The handle includes user inputs for image space control commands for articulating the elongated body with respect to a plane of a medical image. The elongated body includes pose determination features that allow determination of a roll angle of the elongated body. The system also includes a control unit that receives the image space control commands, determines the roll angle of the elongated body based on the pose determination features, translates the image space control commands into pullwire commands based on the roll angle, and transmits the pullwire commands to the steerable catheter, whereby the elongated body is articulated according to the pullwire commands.
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