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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR STEERABLE MEDICAL DEVICE PATH DEFINITION AND FOLLOWING DURING INSERTION AND RETRACTION

  • US 20100121148A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2009
  • Published: 05/13/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2008
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method comprising:

  • storing waypoints of a steerable medical device, wherein said stored waypoints comprise an ordered sequence of locations, and further wherein said ordered sequence of locations defines a safe path for moving an articulatable portion of said steerable medical device within a patient;

    constraining said articulatable portion of said steerable medical device to follow said safe path as said articulatable portion moves within said patient.

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