Robotic surgical system and method for automated therapy delivery
First Claim
1. A method of automatically delivering a treatment to a heart of a patient, comprising:
- displaying an anatomical model of at least a portion of the heart;
accepting user input designating a treatment pathway on the anatomical model, the treatment pathway including at least a starting point and an endpoint;
automatically actuating a therapeutic device control system to advance a therapeutic device into contact with a cardiac surface at the starting point; and
automatically actuating the therapeutic device control system to navigate the therapeutic device along the treatment pathway from the starting point to the endpoint while maintaining contact between the therapeutic device and the cardiac surface.
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Abstract
A method of navigating a medical device through a body of a patient includes providing a topography of at least a portion of the body, accepting user input defining a navigation path, robotically navigating the medical device to a starting point on the path, and robotically navigating the medical device along the navigation path to an endpoint. Waypoints defining the navigation path may be input on a graphical representation of the topography using a user interface such as a pointing device or touchscreen. The navigation path may also be defined by tracing a substantially continuous path on the graphical representation. A therapy may be administered while robotically navigating the medical device along the navigation path, either forward or in reverse, or while navigating the medical device along a return path defined by a plurality of virtual breadcrumbs generated as the medical device traverses the navigation path.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of automatically delivering a treatment to a heart of a patient, comprising:
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displaying an anatomical model of at least a portion of the heart; accepting user input designating a treatment pathway on the anatomical model, the treatment pathway including at least a starting point and an endpoint; automatically actuating a therapeutic device control system to advance a therapeutic device into contact with a cardiac surface at the starting point; and automatically actuating the therapeutic device control system to navigate the therapeutic device along the treatment pathway from the starting point to the endpoint while maintaining contact between the therapeutic device and the cardiac surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A therapeutic device control system, said system comprising:
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a servo-driven therapeutic device manipulation system, said manipulation system having at least three degrees of freedom; at least one therapeutic device carried by said manipulation system; a user interface including an input device that permits a user to define a plurality of target points on a tissue surface; and a controller for actuating said manipulation system to navigate said at least one therapeutic device to at least one target point of said plurality of target points. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for defining and navigating a treatment path within a body of a patient, said system comprising:
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a display for presenting a graphical model of at least a portion of the body of the patient; a user input device for defining the treatment path on said graphical model of at least a portion of the body and for identifying at least one treatment location on the treatment path; a servo-driven manipulation system for maneuvering a therapeutic device within the body of the patient; a positional feedback system for determining a location of the therapeutic device within the body of the patient; and a controller for actuating said manipulation system to maneuver the therapeutic device within the body and along the treatment path by utilizing information from said positional feedback system. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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