Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method for displaying tumor location within endoscopic images
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Application No.: US16718815Application Date: 2019-12-18
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Publication No.: US11625825B2Publication Date: 2023-04-11
- Inventor: Irena Cantrall , John W. Komp , Francesca Rossetto
- Applicant: COVIDIEN LP
- Applicant Address: US MA Mansfield
- Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee: COVIDIEN LP
- Current Assignee Address: US MA Mansfield
- Agency: Weber Rosselli & Cannon LLP
- Main IPC: G06T7/00
- IPC: G06T7/00 ; A61B1/00 ; A61B1/06

Abstract:
A method of displaying an area of interest within a surgical site includes modeling a patient's lungs and identifying a location of an area of interest within the model of the patient's lungs. The topography of the surface of the patient's lungs is determined using an endoscope having a first camera, a light source, and a structured light pattern source. Real-time images of the patient's lungs are displayed on a monitor and the real-time images are registered to the model of the patient's lungs using the determined topography of the patient's lungs. A marker indicative of the location of the area of interest is superimposed over the real-time images of the patient's lungs. If the marker falls outside of the field-of view of the endoscope, an arrow is superimposed over the real-time images to indicate the direction in which the marker is located relative to the field of view.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200237187A1 METHOD FOR DISPLAYING TUMOR LOCATION WITHIN ENDOSCOPIC IMAGES Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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