System and Method for Performing Minimally Invasive Surgery Using a Multi-Channel Catheter
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1. A method of performing surgery, comprising:
- acquiring an image of a lung of a patient;
advancing a bronchoscope into the lung of the patient;
inserting a multi-channel catheter into the lung of the patient by way of a channel in the bronchoscope;
generating a tracking image showing a representation of the distal end of a multi-channel catheter relative to the image of the lung, wherein the multi-channel catheter has a plurality of channels;
while tracking the distal end of the multi-channel catheter in the tracking image, advancing the multi-channel catheter to a target region of the lung in accordance with the tracking image; and
while tracking the distal end of the multi-channel catheter in the tracking image and while maintaining the distal end of the multi-channel catheter at the target region of the lung, performing a corrective medical procedure at the target region of the lung.
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Abstract
A system and method from minimally invasive lung surgery employ a bronchoscope with a multi-channel catheter disposed in a channel of the bronchoscope. A transmitting antenna disposed at a distal end of the multi-channel catheter allows the distal end to be tracked in a tracking image during a surgical procedure.
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1. A method of performing surgery, comprising:
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acquiring an image of a lung of a patient; advancing a bronchoscope into the lung of the patient; inserting a multi-channel catheter into the lung of the patient by way of a channel in the bronchoscope; generating a tracking image showing a representation of the distal end of a multi-channel catheter relative to the image of the lung, wherein the multi-channel catheter has a plurality of channels; while tracking the distal end of the multi-channel catheter in the tracking image, advancing the multi-channel catheter to a target region of the lung in accordance with the tracking image; and while tracking the distal end of the multi-channel catheter in the tracking image and while maintaining the distal end of the multi-channel catheter at the target region of the lung, performing a corrective medical procedure at the target region of the lung. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. Apparatus for performing surgery, comprising:
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a bronchoscope having a channel disposed along a longitudinal dimension of the bronchoscope; a multi-channel catheter disposed in the channel and adapted to move in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal dimension of the bronchoscope, wherein the multi-channel catheter comprises at least two channels generally parallel to a longitudinal dimension of and within the multi-channel catheter, and wherein the multi-channel catheter includes a distal end; and a catheter antenna fixedly coupled to the multi-channel catheter proximate to the distal end of the multi-channel catheter, wherein the catheter antenna is adapted to be tracked during a corrective medical procedure at a target region of the lung in a tracking image showing a representation of the distal end of the multi-channel catheter relative to an image of a lung of a patient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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