Surgical catheter having side exiting medical instrument and related systems and methods for four dimensional soft tissue navigation
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1. A surgical catheter for navigated surgery, comprising:
- an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end portion, an opposite distal end portion, a longitudinal axis, a side exit having a location in the distal end portion, and an outer wall extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion;
a handle attached to the proximal end portion;
an electromagnetic localization element embedded in the distal end portion; and
a medical instrument housed within the elongate flexible shaft that is extendable along a path from a first position within the outer wall and through the side exit to a second extended position outside the outer wall, the medical instrument being disposed at an angle of at least 10 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis at the side exit when in the second extended position, said first position and said second extended position together defining a line forming the path, said first position and said second extended position together with the location of said electromagnetic localization element defining a plane, wherein the position of the medical instrument along the path within the plane can be displayed by a surgical instrument navigation system.
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Abstract
A surgical instrument navigation system is provided that visually simulates a virtual volumetric scene of a body cavity of a patient from a point of view of a surgical instrument residing in the cavity of the patient, wherein the surgical instrument, as provided, may be a steerable surgical catheter with a biopsy device and/or a surgical catheter with a side-exiting medical instrument, among others. Additionally, systems, methods and devices are provided for forming a respiratory-gated point cloud of a patient'"'"'s respiratory system and for placing a localization element in an organ of a patient.
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32 Claims
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1. A surgical catheter for navigated surgery, comprising:
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an elongate flexible shaft having a proximal end portion, an opposite distal end portion, a longitudinal axis, a side exit having a location in the distal end portion, and an outer wall extending from the proximal end portion to the distal end portion; a handle attached to the proximal end portion; an electromagnetic localization element embedded in the distal end portion; and a medical instrument housed within the elongate flexible shaft that is extendable along a path from a first position within the outer wall and through the side exit to a second extended position outside the outer wall, the medical instrument being disposed at an angle of at least 10 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis at the side exit when in the second extended position, said first position and said second extended position together defining a line forming the path, said first position and said second extended position together with the location of said electromagnetic localization element defining a plane, wherein the position of the medical instrument along the path within the plane can be displayed by a surgical instrument navigation system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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