Automated image-guided tissue resection and treatment
US9364251B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 17, 2014 |
| Grant date | Jun 14, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M25/04
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system to treat a patient comprises a user interface that allows a physician to view an image of tissue to be treated in order to develop a treatment plan to resect tissue with a predefined removal profile. The image may comprise a plurality of images, and the planned treatment is shown on the images. The treatment probe may comprise an anchor, and the image shown on the screen may have a reference image marker shown on the screen corresponding to the anchor. The planned tissue removal profile can be displayed and scaled to the image of the target tissue of an organ such as the prostate, and the physician can adjust the treatment profile based on the scaled images to provide a treatment profile in three dimensions. The images shown on the display may comprise segmented images of the patient with treatment plan overlaid on the images.
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