Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Stone identification methods and systems
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Application No.: US16445678Application Date: 2019-06-19
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Publication No.: US10646187B2Publication Date: 2020-05-12
- Inventor: Peter J. Pereira , Michael S. H. Chu , Elizabeth Stokley , David Salto , Candace Rhodes
- Applicant: Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee: BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Maple Grove
- Agency: Bookoff McAndrews, PLLC
- Main IPC: A61B17/22
- IPC: A61B17/22 ; G06K9/00 ; A61B6/00 ; A61B17/225 ; A61B1/307 ; A61B8/08 ; A61B1/00 ; G06F3/0488 ; G06F3/0484 ; G06T11/60 ; A61B34/00 ; A61B1/018 ; A61B5/107 ; A61B5/20 ; A61B18/26 ; A61B8/12 ; A61B8/00 ; A61B18/00 ; A61B34/20 ; A61N5/06 ; A61B90/00

Abstract:
Aspects of stone identification methods and systems are described. According to one aspect, an exemplary method comprises: transmitting to a processing unit, with an imaging element mounted on a distal end of a scope, image data about a stone object inside a body cavity; generating from the image data, with the processing unit, a visual representation of the stone object and the body cavity; establishing from a user input, with the processing unit, a scale for the visual representation; determining from the visual representation, with the processing unit, a size of the stone object on the scale; comparing, with the processing unit, the size of the stone object with a predetermined maximum size to determine a removal status; and augmenting, with the processing unit, the visual representation to include an indicator responsive to the removal status. Associated systems are also described.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190328349A1 STONE IDENTIFICATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2019-10-31
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