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Robotic catheter system

US9161817B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 31, 2010
Grant dateOct 20, 2015
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61M2210/125
  • WIPO fieldMedical technology
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A robotic system for manipulating a catheter with a plurality of steering wires longitudinally situated within a length of the catheter includes a user interface configured to display a view of an anatomical model and to receive one or more user inputs; a catheter manipulator assembly configured to linearly actuate one or more control members of a catheter; and a robotic controller configured to provide a view of an anatomical model to the user interface; accept one or more user inputs from the user interface; register the one or more user inputs to a coordinate system associated with the anatomical model; compute one or more actuator commands from the one or more registered inputs; and cause the catheter manipulator assembly to linearly actuate one or more control members of a catheter in accordance with the computed actuator commands.

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