Induced atelectasis and pulmonary consolidation systems and methods
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1. A system comprising:
- a memory storing one or more images of a patient and one or more software applications;
a display configured to present the one or more images of a patient;
a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of a patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);
an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations;
an electromagnetic field generator;
a first sensor associated with the extended working channel, the first sensor detecting a field produced by the electromagnetic field generator, wherein the sensed field enables determination of the location of the first sensor in the electromagnetic field;
a processor, executing one of the one or more software applications to register the one or more images of a patient with the determined location of the first sensor such that the determined location of the first sensor is presented on the user interface; and
a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to temporarily isolate a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations by evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations,wherein the processor, executing one of the one or more software applications, is configured to predict a clinical consequence of evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations.
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A system and method enabling the receipt of image data of a patient, identification of one or more locations within the image data illustrating the effects of COPD, planning a pathway to the one or more locations, navigating an extended working channel to one of the locations, positioning a catheter proximate the location, and temporarily evacuating air from within a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the identified location illustrating the effects of COPD to temporarily isolate the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations.
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1. A system comprising:
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a memory storing one or more images of a patient and one or more software applications; a display configured to present the one or more images of a patient; a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of a patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations; an electromagnetic field generator; a first sensor associated with the extended working channel, the first sensor detecting a field produced by the electromagnetic field generator, wherein the sensed field enables determination of the location of the first sensor in the electromagnetic field; a processor, executing one of the one or more software applications to register the one or more images of a patient with the determined location of the first sensor such that the determined location of the first sensor is presented on the user interface; and a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to temporarily isolate a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations by evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations, wherein the processor, executing one of the one or more software applications, is configured to predict a clinical consequence of evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a memory storing one or more images of a patient and a software application; a display configured to present the one or more images of the patient; a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of the patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within the patient corresponding to the one or more image locations; a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to temporarily isolate a portion of the patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations by evacuating air from within the portion of the patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations; and a processor, executing the software application, configured to predict a clinical consequence of evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a memory storing one or more images of a patient and a software application; a display configured to present the one or more images of the patient; a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of the patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within the patient corresponding to the one or more image locations; an electromagnetic field generator; a processor, executing the software application to register the one or more images of the patient with a location of the extended working channel such that the location of the extended working channel is presented on the user interface; and a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to temporarily isolate a portion of the patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations by evacuating air from within the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations, wherein the processor, executing the software application, is configured to predict a clinical consequence of evacuating air from within the portion of the patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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