Automatic pathway and waypoint generation and navigation method
US9439564B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 21, 2013 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 12, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/30061
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A navigation system for use in a luminal network of a patient, such as the airways, that is able to analyze a three-dimensional model of the luminal network and automatically determine a pathway from an entry point to a designated target. The system further automatically assigns waypoints along the determined pathway in order to assist a physician in navigating a probe to the designated target.
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