Method for determining an infusion parameter

US9576108B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Brainlab AG · DE

Inventors

• Kathryn H. Rosenbluth · San Francisco, US
• Jan Felix Eschermann · Munich, DE
• Joseph Doyle · Malvern, US
• Krystof S. Bankiewicz · Oakland, US
• Stephan Mittermeyer · Landshut, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 2, 2012
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2017
• Expiry date: Mar 29, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G16H20/17
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

A method for planning an infusion of a medical substance into a target region acquires non-patient-specific anatomical data from an atlas in the form of target region geometry information describing target and off-target regions for which an infusion of the medical substance is intended and regions to be avoided, respectively. Target coverage information is derived describing a minimum dose of the medical substance to be infused into the target region and describing a maximum dose of the medical substance to be applied to the off-target region. Relationship information describes a relationship between a physical parameter of an infusion setup and a selected spatial distribution of the medical substance. Infusion setup information for the infusion is determined that describes a planned infusion setup and is based on the relationship information and information related to the target and off-target regions.